Image: Portrait of Philip Stanhope, 2-nd Earl of Chesterfield (by Peter Lely)

Description: Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 - 1680 London) Portrait of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714) oil on canvas 127 x 103.5 cm.; 50 x 40 ¾ in. Provenance Commissioned by the sitter and thence by descent to his daughter, Lady Mary Stanhope (1674–1704), who married the Rt Hon. Thomas Coke (1674–1727), of Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, in 1698; Thomas Coke married, secondly, Elizabeth Hales (d. 1722), a Maid of Honour to Queen Anne; By descent to their son, George Lewis Coke (1715–1751); By inheritance to his sister, Charlotte, wife of Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Bt (1705–1768); By descent to their son, Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1745–1828); By descent to his son, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848), Prime Minister of Great Britain; By inheritance to his brother, Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne (1782–1853); By inheritance to their sister, Emily Lamb, wife of Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper (1778–1837), later Viscountess Palmerston; By inheritance to their son, George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper (1806–1856); By inheritance to his youngest daughter, Lady Amabel Cowper (1846–1906), who married, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Walter Kerr (1839–1927); By descent to their son, Captain Andrew William Kerr (1877–1929), who married Marie Constance Kerr (1889–1929); By descent to their son, Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian (1922–2004); Thence by descent to the present owner.
Title: Portrait of Philip Stanhope, 2-nd Earl of Chesterfield (by Peter Lely)
Credit: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/old-master-paintings-evening-sale/portrait-of-philip-stanhope-2nd-earl-of
Author: Peter Lely
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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