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26 de feb. de 2020 · Lady Anne Clifford (b. 30 January 1590–d. 22 March 1676) spent a considerable portion of her life embroiled in lawsuits attempting to recover her father’s extensive land holdings after they had been transferred out of her hands and into the possession of his younger brother, Francis. With no living sons of his own, Clifford’s father had ...
Brief Life History of Anne. When Anne Clifford was born about 1488, in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Clifford 10 x Baron, was 35 and her mother, Ann Saint John, was 37. She married Robert Clifton in 1515, in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
It is clear that Lady Anne Clifford favoured this particular likeness, which became her ‘stereotype’ image. The local painter John Bracken was employed to reproduce Lady Anne’s likeness in numerous portraits identical to this one, which were presented to local families in order to disseminate her image throughout the districts of Westmorland and Craven.
14 de may. de 2015 · Anne Clifford’s Great Books of Record 1 (produced between 1648–1653) has been described in recent scholarship as ‘a monument to Clifford’s heritage’; 2 ‘historical and legal precedent’ concerning the Clifford estates; 3 a ‘personal archive’, 4 and ‘various summaries of historical documents relating to her family’.
6 de nov. de 2023 · Lady Margaret Russell. The Great Picture, a huge triptych measuring 8ft 5" high and 16ft 2" wide, commissioned in 1646 by Anne Clifford, attributed to Jan van Belcamp (1610–1653), formerly hanging in Appleby Castle and now displayed in the Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal, Cumbria. It depicts Anne as a girl at left and as a mature woman at right.
Margaret Clifford was also known for her knowledge of medicine and alchemy, and she insured that Anne had a humanist education under Anne Taylor and the poet Samuel Daniel. Under Daniel in particular she read many ancient works and contemporary continental texts in translation, as her father had forbidden her to learn classical languages.
Lady Anne Clifford was the last member of one of England’s great medieval land owning families. The Clifford family had large estates in northern England, and including Skipton Castle, where Anne was born in 1590, and 4 castles in Westmorland. Anne’s father, George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, died in 1605.
