Mary Churchill, Duchess of Montague

Bernard Lens, the younger, English, born London, England 1682-died Knightsbridge, England 1740 Mary Churchill

1720

Medium: watercolor on ivory
Genre: Painting-miniature
Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US

Styles

Painting-Miniature

Tags

Aristocracy (Social class)Occupationswomenportraits

About

Mary Churchill (about 1689-1751) was the daughter of Sir John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, and Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough. In 1704 or 1705, she married John, Duke of Montague and Marquis d’Monthermer. Mary Churchill’s dress inventory of 1747 was published in a 1997 issue of Costume, the journal of the Costume Society in England.