Title

Elizabeth Dutchess of Albemarle', 1734.

Caption

'Elizabeth Dutchess of Albemarle', 1734. Portrait of English aristocrat Elizabeth Monck, Duchess of Albemarle (1654-1734). After her first husband died, she became known as 'the Mad Duchess of Albemarle', as she was convinced that the Chinese Kangxi Emperor wished to marry her. Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu supposedly disguised himself as the Emperor of China and asked for her hand in marriage, which she accepted. 'From a very rare print in the Gulston Collection'.

Date

1734

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F04_206

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

27.6Mo (1.3Mo) / 23.2cm x 29.8cm / 2744 x 3520 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving portrait England female women woman people country shape English royal location century royalty lady concept B&W mad oval MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W 18th century duchess Eighteenth Century The Print Collector engraving portrait oval shaped Unknown Elizabeth DSS Duchess of Monck Montagu Duchess of Montagu Duchess of Montagu Elizabeth Montagu dutchess Elizabeth Monck Duchess of Albemarle