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Signed with monogram ‘SC’ Watercolour on vellum Oval, 2 ⅜ in (68 mm) high
Signed with monogram ‘SC’ Watercolour on vellum Oval, 2 ⅜ in (68 mm) high

Samuel Cooper

(1607/8-1672) Portrait of Henry Alexander, 4th Earl of Stirling (d.1691)
c. 1666
Watercolour on vellum
Oval, 2 ⅜ in (68 mm) high

Provenance

Possibly either John Alexander, 4th Earl of Stirling (c.1633-91) or his daughter
Judith Alexander (d. 1724), who married Sir William Trumbull (1639-1716) to their son;
William Trumbull (1708-1760) to their daughter;
Mary Trumbull (1741-1769) who married Colonel the Hon. Martin Sandys (1729-1768) to their daughter;
Mary, Marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys (1764-1836);
thence by descent