GOWER, George
(b. ca. 1540, d. 1596, London)

Frances, Lady Brydges

1579
Oil on panel, 91 x 69 cm
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

The portrait represents Frances Brydges (c. 1553-1623), daughter of Edward Fiennes de Clinton, first Earl of Lincoln (d. 1585) and wife of Giles Brydges, third Baron Chandos of Sudeley (1548-1594).

Formerly the painting was attributed to John Bettes II, titled The Duchess of Chandos.