Lady Mary Booth, Countess of Stamford (1704 – 1772)

studio of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Mary Booth, Countess of Stamford (1704 – 1772), studio of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743), inscribed with name of sitter in white, bottom right (very rubbed): Mary Countess of Stamford / wife of Henry fourth Earl / of Stamford. A half-length portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a white chemise beneath a low-cut, dark blue dress and red velvet cloak lined with ermine draped on her left arm. Mary Booth was the wife of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford. Dunham Massey, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)