Circle of Robert Walker (British 1599–1658)

Sir Neville Catlin, member of a prominent Royalist family, joined the Norfolk militia at the Restitution in 1660 and held a number of local and national political offices until his opposition to the Catholic King, James II, led to these being stripped from him. Married three times, it is likely that the portrait pair depicts the second Lady Catlin, Elizabeth, née Houghton (d. 1681). The portraits probably originate from the family seat Wingfield Castle, Suffolk, which was inherited by Catlin in 1662, his elder brother Thomas having died fighting for the King at the second Battle of Newbury. The estate later passed to the Lords Berners and was sold 1886.