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Mary Churchill, Duchess of Montague

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

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.

Date

1720

Type

Painting-Miniature

Medium

watercolor on ivory

Department

SAAM

Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Object number

saam_1963.9.10

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund