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Lady Mary Herbert, Viscountess Montague, as Diana
Francois de Troy, 1690s

© National Trust Photographic Library
Lady Mary is depicted as Diana and with a hound wearing a gold collar adorned with the Herbert arms surmounted by a viscountess's coronet. The portrait is part of a group of portraits from Coughton Court, the seat of the Throckmorton family, which testify to the links of this Jacobite family with France.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Lady Mary Herbert, Viscountess Montague, as Diana, 1690s
Date supported
2003
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
125 x 98.5 cm
Grant
45000
Total cost
140000
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