THE CASSIOBURY COLLECTION
The Earls of Essex, their wives and children at Cassiobury House
Watford Museum is indebted to Dr. Laurie B Harwood for her extraordinary dedication and enthusiasm in researching and writing about the museum’s collection of portraits of the Essex family.
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Further information about the collection, including extensive details of the history and background of each painting and biographies of the artists, is available in Portraits of the Earls of Essex, their Wives and Children in the Watford Museum, by Dr Laurie B Harwood.
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While we transition to the new museum at Town Hall, the Cassiobury portraits will be unavailable to view in person until we relaunch in Autumn 2025.
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The Earls of Essex, their wives and children at Cassiobury House
 2nd Earl of Essex of the 6th Creation |  1st Earl of Essex |  1st Earl of Essex |  Wife of Arthur Capel |  Wife of Arthur Capel |  2nd Earl of Essex |
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 Wife of Algernon Capel |  Daughter of Arthur Capel |  1st wife of William Capel |  1st wife of William Capel |  3rd Earl of Essex |  2nd wife of William Capel |
 4th Earl of Essex |  1st wife of William Anne Holles |  5th Earl of Essex |  |
Cassiobury House
 |  State bedroom |  Great Library |  Entrance 1922 |  Inner Library |  Entrance hall |
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 |  William Henry Hunt |  JMW Turner |