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Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
11 of 16 portraits on display in Room 7 at the National Portrait Gallery
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
by Peter Cross
watercolour on vellum, circa 1685-1690
3 1/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (79 mm x 60 mm) oval
Purchased, 1913
Primary Collection
NPG 1696
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- Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717), Mistress of James II. Sitter associated with 12 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 74
- Macleod, Catharine; Alexander, Julia Marciari, Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II, 2001 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 11 October 2001 to 6 January 2002), p. 203
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 110
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 183
- Walker, Richard, Miniatures: 300 Years of the English Miniature, 1998, p. 47
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