Dorothy, Lady Temple

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The daughter of a Royalist soldier, Dorothy Osborne fell in love with the son of a Roundhead during the Civil War. During her long courtship with Sir William Temple, she wrote a series of letters (published 1888) which provide an invaluable record of aristocratic country life during the Commonwealth. At the end of the War, the lovers' families were still against the match, but when Temple's devotion remained constant after Dorothy was seriously disfigured by smallpox, they were finally married in 1655.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Dorothy, Lady Temple

Date

1671

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 47.6 x W 38.7 cm

Accession number

3813

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1951

Work type

Painting

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