Elizabeth Bedingfeld, Mrs Thomas Wetenhall (1636-1689)

manner of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). Oil painting on canvas, Elizabeth Bedingfeld, Mrs Thomas Wetenhall (1636-1689) in the manner of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). Painted oval. Half-length portrait, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing an ice-blue decollete dress, with a grey fichu caught with a pendant brooch and clip. Her bouffant sleeves are slashed and caught with a silver clasp. She wears a necklace of pearls and pendant pearl earrings. Her coiffure is dressed in a classic Restoration style. This portrait is placed within a painted, trompe-l'oeil oval frame. There is a coat of arms above, top centre. An inscription, bottom left, records 'La Blanche Weetenhall, daughter of Sir Henry Bedingfeld....' Daughter of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 1st Baronet, she became Mrs Weetenhall upon her marriage to Thomas Weetenhall (1626 - 1704) of Hextall Court, Kent. Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (Accredited Museum)