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Allan Ramsay
Elizabeth Lambart, Countess of the County of Cavan (c. 1751)
oil on canvas
77.2 × 64.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
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Elizabeth Lambart, Countess of the County of Cavan
(c. 1751)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
77.2 × 64.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This portrait is traditionally said to represent the Countess of Cavan, born Elizabeth Wale of Dublin. Miss Wale married the 5th Earl of Cavan in 1741. The companion portrait to this work, dated 1751, was exhibited in 1903 in the Old Master Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, as The 5th Earl of Cavan (no, 27).
Artwork Details
Accession Number
983-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
blue (colour) Cavan, Elizabeth Lambart, Countess of, countesses half figures lace (needlework) nobles (aristocrats) rosettes (costume accessories) women (female humans)