Elizabeth Villiers, as Beau Wilson’s Mistress. Wilson was killed by John Law in a duel over her affections in 1694. Later Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney (1657-1733). Mistress to King William III of England, married to George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney. Copperplate engraving by Gerard Vandergucht after a painting by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, published London, circa 1790.

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