Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork

Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork

1699 1758

courtier; occasional painter; (1699-1758)

Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork was a British noble and court official, as well as a caricaturist and portrait painter. Several of her studies and paintings were made of her daughters. Through her daughter Charlotte, who married the 4th Duke of Devonshire. A collection of 24 of her works of art descended to the Duke of Devonshire and kept at Chatsworth House.

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