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The Windsor Beauties are a set of portrait paintings, still in the Royal Collection, by Sir Peter Lely and his workshop, produced in the early to mid-1660s, that depict ladies of the court of King Charles II, some of whom were his mistresses. [1] [2] The name stems from the original location of the collection, which was at Windsor Castle.
Jane Myddelton or Middleton (née Needham; 1645–1692), was a reputed English beauty of the Restoration period, one of the Windsor Beauties. Thomas Seccombe in the Dictionary of National Biography described celebrated portraits as "representing a soft and slightly torpid type of blonde loveliness, with voluptuous figure, full lips, auburn hair, and dark hazel eyes".
Margaret, Lady Denham (c. 1642 – January 1667), formerly the Honourable Margaret Brooke, was an English courtier during the reign of King Charles II of England and was one of the "Windsor Beauties" painted by Sir Peter Lely. [1] She was a mistress of the future King James II of England.
The Hampton Court Beauties are a series of eight portraits by Sir Godfrey Kneller, commissioned by Queen Mary II, [1] depicting the most glamorous ladies from her court. They adorn the state rooms of King William III at Hampton Court Palace .
Elizabeth was an important patron of the artist Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680), who painted her several times. Her portraits were among the Windsor Beauties at Hampton Court and among the series of beautiful women portraits, ordered by Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
She was born in Wiltshire, England, to Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork, and Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Cork.. In 1665, she married Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury.
Godfrey Kneller's painting of Frances Whitmore in the Hampton Court Beauties series. Frances Myddleton, Lady Myddleton née Whitmore (1666–1695) was a British courtier. . Frances was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen M
That same year, Now Magazine named the Beauties as the best roots/country band in Toronto. [6] They recorded an EP with Serena Ryder, [7] but so far only one song from those sessions has been released; a cover of "The Funeral" by Band of Horses. [8] On June 1, 2010, they released their first full length, self-titled album on Six Shooter Records ...