Circle of Sir Peter Lely (British 1618-1680)Portrait of Mrs Abraham Houblon dressed as a saint, reading the bibleOil on canvas123 x 100cm (48¼ x 39¼ in.)The bible open at Luke 1vs29. Provenance:The 1st Earl Mountbatten of BurmaThence by descentAbraham Houblon (23 January 1640 - 11 May 1722) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1703 to 1705. He married Dorothy Hubert in 1672 at Westminster Abbey. She was a niece of Henry King, Bishop of Chichester, and granddaughter of John King, Bishop of London. Their daughter Anne married Henry Temple, later 1st Viscount Palmerston. Medium Oil on canvas