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This convinced the Gallery to re-identify the oil portrait as that of Catharine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717), mistress to King James II. This is one of over a hundred portraits in the Gallery’s collection whose sitter identification has been queried, debated and then dropped.
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt mezzotint, 1681-1688 Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. by Robert Williams, after Willem Wissing, published by Edward Cooper mezzotint, late 17th century 9 3/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. (237 mm x 176 mm) plate size Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931 Reference Collection NPG D30586
22 de mar. de 2024 · Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester. by Peter Cross. watercolour on vellum, circa 1685-1690. 3 1/8 in. x 2 3/8 in. (79 mm x 60 mm) oval. Purchased, 1913. Primary Collection.
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, Countess of Portmore (21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. Catherine was noted not for beauty but for her celebrated wittiness and sharp tongue.
The title Countess of Dorchester had previously been created in the Peerage of England in 1686, together with the title Baroness Darlington, as life peerages, for Catherine Sedley, a mistress of King James II. Both titles became extinct on her death in 1717, but her heirs were Earls of Portmore in the Peerage of Scotland.
