1754-1756 Anne Orde, John Orde, and his eldest son William by Arthure Devis (Yale Center for British Art - New Haven, Connecticut USA)

According to her article in thepeerage, Lady Anne was John Orde's second wife and they had four children together. John Orde had one child, William, by his first wife.

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Lady Anne's dress contrasts with the simplicity of the room in this Devis conversation piece group portrait painted between 1754 and 1756. A more complete assessment of her dress captions the next image.

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