Lady Elizabeth Tollemache, Lady Lorne, later Duchess of Argyll (1659-1735)

Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Elizabeth Tollemache, Lady Lorne, later Duchess of Argyll (1659-1735) by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1675-77. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, seated beneath a tree, head inclined slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, blonde hair, tightly curled with a tress falling on her left shoulder, she is wearing a brown dress with blue cloak (now discoloured), a gold-fringed gauze round her breast.She is holding up a flower in her right hand and there are flowers held on her lap with her left hand. The Duchess of Lauderdale's eldest daughter. Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)