MOU244757 Portrait of Sir Thomas Isham Bt. (1657-81) c.1675 (oil on canvas) by Beale, Mary (1632-99); 45x36.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: painted after portrait by Sir Peter Lely (1618-80); painted shortly before departure on Grand Tour; Sir Thomas Isham II (1656-1681), 3rd Baronet of Lamport from 1675-1681 is known for a diary he wrote from 1671-1673 of his observations as a teenage member of the English aristocracy. tragically he died of smallpox in London on 26 July 1681 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Sir Justinian Isham, who became the 4th baronet.[6]); Photo 穢 Philip Mould Ltd, London; English, out of copyright.