Rachel da/de Crasto (b. 1694)

Richard Cosway RA (Tiverton, Devon 1742 - London 1821). Oil painting on canvas, Rachel da/de Crasto by Richard Cosway RA (Tiverton, Devon 1742 - London 1821). Half-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a white and pink dress, single row of pearls, three-quarter face. She was the only child of the sister-in-law of Benjamin Disraeli's grandfather, Reyna Syprut or Shiprut de Gabay Villareal who was married to Abraham Namias de Castro (1665 - 1728). They were cut off by her mother, Esther Spruyt, but Benjamin remained friendly with them and his son, Isaac, who had beneifited from their disinheritance, provided Rachel de Castro, in his will - but Sarah Syprut de Gabay Villa Real, Mrs Benjamin D'Israeli (1742/3-1825). Hughenden, Buckinghamshire (Accredited Museum)