A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Woburn Abbey. [With] Third Portion of a Catalogue of Pictures, Miniatures and Enamels at the Residence of ... the Duke of Bedford ... London, Parts 1-2Bradbury, Agnew, 1877 - Painting |
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afterwards Anne background black dress blue Born brown Bust portrait Canvas Castle Charles church collar colour Countess of Bedford curtain dark daughter died drapery DUCHESS OF BEDFORD Duchess of Marlborough Duke of Bedford Dyck Earl of Bedford Elizabeth engraved face is seen face seen face three-quarters father fitting close FOURTH EARL Gallery Garter George grey hair half-length figure Half-length standing figure Henry holding Inscribed knees Lady landscape left hand light is admitted looking Lord Russell mantle Marchioness of Tavistock Marquess Marquess of Tavistock married neck oval Painter unknown Palazzo Panel pearls Pennant Philip plain Queen resting his right rich right hand right-hand side robes round Royal Academy ruff seated second Earl seen in three-quarters shoulder SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS sleeves spandrils spectator square picture Tavistock three-quarters turned turned in three-quarters Van Dyck Venice Waagen waist wearing white lace white satin Whole-length wife Wiffen Woburn Abbey Wriothesley yellow
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