Title: ‘Lady Elizabeth Leigh.’
Portrait of a young woman with brown hair piled high. She is dressed in black with a wide lace collar and looks out at the viewer.
Elizabeth Leigh (b. 1847) was the daughter of Jane Herbert (later Countess of Bantry) and the niece of Henry Arthur Herbert of Muckross (d. 1866). Elizabeth’s father was William Hedges-White of Bantry House. In August 1874 Elizabeth married Egerton Leigh at St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London. Elizabeth died in 1880. A portrait of her mother, Jane Herbert, also hangs here on the Main Landing (No. 7).
Artist: Unknown
Oils on Canvas
62 x 73.5 cm
Framed: 97 x 84 cm