George Monk (1608-69), 1st Duke of Albemarle, English Admiral and Statesman, Peter Lely (Sir) (workshop of), 1650 - 1700

…; purchased by Lady Elizabeth Russell - Keppel (1739-68), Marchioness of Tavistock, Woburn, Bedfordshire;{Scharf 1890, pp. 102-103, no. 151.} her son, John Russell, sixth Duke of Bedford (1766-1839), Woburn Bedfordshire;{Scharf 1890, pp. 102-103, no. 151, note 1.} ? by descent through the Russell family (Earls and Dukes of Bedford); sale, the earl of Bedford (Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire), London (Christie’s), 19 January 1951, no. 121, fl. 1,049.42, to the museum

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