Name: FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER LELY
Brand: Portrait of Jane Webb, née Smith (d. 1669), seated three-quarter-length, in a brown dress with blue and gold embroidered robes, in a landscape
Price: 3500.00 GBP
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FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER LELY
Portrait of Jane Webb, née Smith (d. 1669), seated three-quarter-length, in a brown dress with blue and gold embroidered robes, in a landscape
oil on canvas
49⁷⁄₈ x 41 in. (126.7 x 104.1 cm.)
with identifying inscription on the relining canvas '-Smith. sister to John Smith / (Speaker of the House of Commons) & / Dame Ann Dashwood, and / Mother to General Webb.'

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 April 1998, lot 78, as 'Studio of Sir Peter Lely'.

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The inscription on the relining canvas identifies the sitter as Anne Webb, née Smith, the daughter of John and Mary Smith of South Tidworth, Wiltshire. In 1662, Jane married Colonel Edmund Richmond Webb, with whom she had 6 children. Edmund was a colonel in the army, an MP, and later, gentleman usher to Prince George of Denmark. These connections at court lay the groundwork for successful military and political careers for their children, particularly their third son, General John Richmond Webb. The inscription also notes that Jane was the sister of John Smith, who served twice as Chanceller of the Exchequer (1699-1701 and 1708-1710) and Speaker of the House of Commons (1705-1708).