Rachel, Lady Russell, English noblewoman, heiress, and author c. 1636-1723, Her second husband William, Lord Russell, was implicated in the Rye House Plot and executed in 1683. With pearls in her hair, low-cut gown. Lady Rachel Russell. After an original picture at Miss Pelhams. Copperplate engraving by Louis Legoux from John Adolphus’ The British Cabinet, containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages, printed by T. Bensley for E. Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1800.

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