Lady Lucy Manners, Duchess of Montrose (1717 – 1788)

Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779) and Joseph van Aken (Antwerp 1709 - London 1749). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Lucy Manners, Duchess of Montrose (1717 – 1788), Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779) and Joseph van Aken (Antwerp 1709 - London 1749). A three-quarter-length portrait, standing. She wears a decollete black dress with full white sleeves and a stiff wide white collar around the back. She wears a wide black hat with white ostrich plumes and holds another plume in her left hand. There are gold chains around her bodice. She is shown against a landscape background. (inventory card) Lady Manners, youngest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Rutland, was a sister of Lady Caroline Harpur. She married William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose in 1742. (House Guide, last revised 1996) (inventory card). Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)