Peter #Lely (1618-80)
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1660s
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

#SamuelCooper (1609-72)
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay
1661
Royal Collection
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

#HenriGascar (1635–1701)
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1670s
Hatchlands Park
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

#JohnMichaelWright (1617-94)
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1670
National Portrait Gallery
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

Peter #Lely (1618-80)
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1663-5
Royal Collection
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

After #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723),
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1705
National Portrait Gallery
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

Peter #Lely (1618-80)
Portrait of #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, who was #BornOnThisDay, with son #CharlesFitzroy as Madonna and Child
ca. 1664
National Portrait Gallery
#BarbaraVilliers #LadyCastlemaine #Stuart

2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 67: #CatTales by #FriendsOfARomanSanctuary edited by #BarbaraPalmer

Happy #Caturday with this #collection of #stories of #cats.

I bought it a few years ago in #LargoDiTorreArgentina in #Rome, a place for #cat lovers that I visit every time I’m in the #capital.