Lady Bridget Williams (née Osborne); Lord William Henry Osborne; Mary Cochrane (née Osborne), Countess of Dundonald
6 of 29 portraits by Thomas Hill
Lady Bridget Williams (née Osborne); Lord William Henry Osborne; Mary Cochrane (née Osborne), Countess of Dundonald
by Robert Williams, after Thomas Hill
mezzotint, after 1691
13 1/4 in. x 9 5/8 in. (337 mm x 246 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D4084
Sittersback to top
- Mary Cochrane (née Osborne), Countess of Dundonald (1688-1722), Former wife of 2nd Duke of Beaufort, and later wife of 4th Earl of Dundonald. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Lord William Henry Osborne (1691-1711), Son of 2nd Duke of Leeds. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Lady Bridget Williams (née Osborne) (born before 1688), Wife of Reverend Williams, Prebendary of Chichester; daughter of 2nd Duke of Leeds. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Hill (1661-1734), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 29 portraits.
- Robert Williams (active 1680-1704), Mezzotinter. Artist or producer associated with 76 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D31008: Lady Bridget Williams (née Osborne); Lord William Henry Osborne; Mary Cochrane (née Osborne), Countess of Dundonald (from same plate)
Events of 1691back to top
Current affairs
John Tillotson reluctantly accepts the appointment of Archbishop of Canterbury. A prominent preacher, Tillotson hoped his aims to unite the country's Protestants and initiate a moral reformation would be fulfilled by the dual monarchy.Art and science
Dramatic opera, King Arthur, by poet John Dryden, is staged for the first time. Written originally in 1684, the play is revived as an opera with music by Henry Purcell.International
Treaty of Limerick ends fighting between Irish Jacobites and Williamites; its military articles gave Jacobites the choice to leave Ireland or accept William as king; the civil articles, more controversially, ensured protection of Jacobite Irish gentry. As a lord justice of Ireland, Thomas Coningsby, is instrumental in finalising the settlement.Comments back to top
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