Continental School, 18th Century

Portrait of Elizabeth, Lady Craven (1750-1828)
Oil on canvas
8 x 6 in.

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, New York,
Private Collection, Ohio.

ELIZABETH CRAVEN (nee, Lady Elizabeth Berkeley) was born 17 December 1750, in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London. She first married in 1767 and became Lady Craven of Hamstead Marshall. She later through her second marriage became Princess Berkeley (though styled Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach) was an author, playwright, traveller and socialite, pehaps best known for her travelogues.