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Windsor Beauties
The Windsor Beauties are a famous collection of paintings by Sir Peter Lely, painted in the early to mid-1660s, that depict ladies of the court of King Charles II, some of whom were his mistresses. The name stems from the original location of the collection, which was housed at Windsor Castle. They can now be seen at Hampton Court Palace.
The Portraits.
The Royal Collection includes 10 portraits as part of the set. They show the women at three-quarter length in various poses.
d.1693),
- Mary Myddelton (1688–1747),
- Sir William Myddelton, 4th Baronet (1694–1718).
Other.
As one of the Hampton Court Beauties, Frances Myddelton (Nee Whitmore) was known as Lady Myddelton, coincidentally, her husband's aunt is the Mrs Myddelton of the Windsor Beauties and her own mother is Lady Whitmore of the Windsor Beauties.