Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu
(1646-1690), Former wife of 11th Earl of Northumberland, and later wife of 1st Duke of Montagu; daughter of 4th Earl of SouthamptonSitter in 13 portraits
Daughter and co-heir of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, she married Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland in 1662. Her husband died in Italy in 1670. She secondly married Ralph Montagu, the English ambassador in Paris, who became Earl then Duke of Montagu. She died at Boughton, the Montagu family seat in Northamptonshire, in 1690.
Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Richard Purcell (H. Fowler, Charles or Philip Corbutt), after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1684
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu
by and published by Thomas Watson, published by Walter Shropshire, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1 January 1779
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Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu
by Thomas Watson, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, published 1779
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