WorkSir Toby Matthew

Portrait of Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle

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    “Sir Toby Matthew's Portrait of Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle. She is of too high a mind and dignity, not only to seek, but almost to wish the friendship of any creature.”

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“Sir Toby Matthew's Portrait of Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle. She is of too high a mind and dignity, not only to seek, but almost to wish the friendship of any creature.”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.