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Ann Fanshawe (1625–1680), Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe

Cornelius Johnson (1593–1661)

Valence House Museum

Ann Fanshawe (1625–1680), Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe

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Ann was the fourth child and eldest daughter of Sir John Harrison of Balls Park, Ware, and Margaret Fanshawe, who was the daughter of Robert Fanshawe of Dronfield. Ann and the rest of the family joined her father with Charles I in Oxford in 1643, where she met her second cousin, Richard Fanshawe. They married on 18th May 1644 and went on to have 14 children.

The memoirs of Lady Ann Fanshawe have become a key firsthand account of aristocratic life during the English Civil War, and of experiences at the courts in Portugal and Spain. Ann wrote them for her only surviving son, Richard, who was only a few months old when his father died, documenting not only his family’s experiences, but also chronicling the family history of the early Fanshawes.

Valence House Museum

London

Title

Ann Fanshawe (1625–1680), Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe

Date

1644–1661

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75 x W 62 cm

Accession number

LDVAL8

Acquisition method

gift from Aubrey Fanshawe, 1963

Work type

Painting

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Valence House Museum

Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, London, Greater London RM8 3HT England

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Cornelius Johnson

1593–1661

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