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Portrait of Charlotte Tremouille, Right Hon. The Countess Of Derby

Artist: T Lawrence RA

Sculpt: C Knight

Published Jan 1, 1813 in “La Belle Assemblée” by J Bell

Page size 191 x 205mm approx

Plate size 253 x 167mm approx

La Belle Assemblée, or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine addressed particularly to the ladies, was a monthly ladies’ periodical which first appeared in February 1806. It continued under this name until 1832 when it became The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée and later it merged with the Lady’s Magazine and Museum.

It was the creation of John Bell who published it from 1806 until his retirement in 1821.

Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby (1599–1664), born Charlotte de La Trémoille, was the daughter of the French nobleman Claude de La Trémoille, Duke of Thouars, and his wife Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau. Her maternal grandparents were William the Silent and Charlotte de Bourbon.

On 26 June 1626, Charlotte married the English nobleman James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, who was taken prisoner at Worcester in 1651, and was beheaded at Bolton. Lady Derby was famous for her defence of Lathom House in the Siege of Lathom House by Parliamentary forces during the First English Civil War in 1644. Her husband was also Lord of Mann, and her attempt to barter the Isle of Man for her husband's freedom provoked an anti-English revolt on the island led by Illiam Dhone.

Charlotte and Derby were parents of four daughters and five sons. Only four of their children appear to have survived to a marriageable age.

In good condition for age, some foxing as shown.

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