2-612-403 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Barbara Palmer (nee Villiers), 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (1640-1709), 1912. Barbara Palmer was an English courtesan and the most famous of King Charles II of England mistresses. She bore the king five children, all of whom were acknowledged and ennobled. This portrait is after Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) in this portrait she appears as St. Catherine. Taken from R. J. Lea, Ltd's first series of Chairman Miniature cigarette cards, 1912.