Lady Elizabeth Hervey, Lady Mansel (1697-1727) (after Jonathan Richardson the younger)

John Fayram (active c.1713–d.1744). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Elizabeth Hervey, Lady Mansel (1697-1727) (after Jonathan Richardson the younger), by John Fayram (active c.1713–d.1744), inscribed: in neat lettering [of a kind not found on other pictures at Ickworth], top centre to top right: LADY ELIZABETH MANSEL Daughter of JOHN EARL of BRISTOL, circa 1725 -1728/9. A three-quarter-length portrait, standing before very dark classical landscape. She has dark brown hair tied back, then falling over her shoulders. She wears a low cut white under-bodice with cross-over gown of champagne-coloured material edged with pink, and elbow length sleeves edged with pink. Third daughter of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751), and the eldest by his second wife, Elizabeth Felton (1676-1741), daughter of Sir Thomas Felton. Married, on 7 May 1724, as his first wife, the Hon. Bussy Mansel who only succeeded his brother as 4th Lord Mansel after her death, in 1744. She died on 3rd September 1727 and is buried at Ickworth. Her husband married as his second wife, Lady Barbara Villiers, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Jersey, and widow of Sir William Blackett, Bt. Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)