Richard Gibson, 1615–1690, British, Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel), ca. 1665
- Title:
Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel)
- Additional Title(s):
La Canarvan a Capel
- Date:
- ca. 1665
- Medium:
- Gouache on vellum laid on card
- Dimensions:
- Frame: 4 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 1/8 inches (11.1 x 9.2 x 0.3 cm), Mount: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (8.3 x 6.7 cm), and Image: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (8.3 x 6.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in pen and brown ink upper center: "La : Canarvan : a : Capel | By Mr. Rich.d Gibson"; inscribed on back in graphite center: "No 3x"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.2.44
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- necklace | pearl | portrait
- Associated People:
- Dormer, Elizabeth, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel) (1633-1678), daughter of the first Baron Capel, and wife of Sir Charles Dormer, second Earl of Carnarvon
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11596
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Catharine MacLeod, Painted ladies, women at the court of Charles II , National Portrait Gallery, London, 2001, pp. 105-06, 241, no. 28, ND1314.3 M23 2001 (YCBA)
Andrew Moore, The Paston Treasure Microcosm of the Known World, Yale University Press, New Haven, p. 400, cat. 111, NX543 .P37 2018 Oversize (YCBA)
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