Roundell, Julia Anne Elizabeth; Fletcher, William Younger; Williamson, George Charles: Ham House: its history and art treasures (Volume 2) (London: George Bell and Sons, 1904)

there is a beautiful picture by Hogarth of Lady Dysart and one of her
children. The figures are three-quarter length, and a negro boy holding
up a white cockatoo is introduced into the picture. There are also in the
hall full-length portraits of Lord and Lady Dysart in the robes worn by
them at the Coronation of George II. They were painted by Jan van der
Banck, a Dutch artist who came to London in 1740.
Lionel, fourth Earl of Dysart, survived his wife for fifteen years, and
died in March, 1770. He was High Steward of Ipswich, where his body
lay in state. He was buried at Helmingham with great pomp, but there
is no monument or inscription to his memory or to that of his wife.
The fourth Lord Dysart’s wedding-clothes are still preserved at Ham
House. He was created a Knight of the Thistle, March 29th, 1743, and
his splendid collar and badge of gold and enamel have already been noticed
among the treasures of the Picture Closet. There is a small portrait of
him at Helmingham, taken the year before his marriage, in which he is
represented in armour, and wearing a white wig. The picture is painted
on copper, and at the back are the words, Bor solo Nazavi fecit. In
Venezia. 1728.

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