Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
(1749-1828), SculptorSitter in 10 portraits
Artist associated with 8 portraits
Amateur sculptor; she executed busts of George III, Fox and Nelson and of the actress, Elizabeth Farren. She inherited Strawberry Hill from her cousin, Horace Walpole.
Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby
by Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
marble bust, circa 1788
On display in the Entrance Hall on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
bronze bust, based on a work of circa 1793
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Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby
by John Jones, after and published by James Roberts, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
stipple engraving, published 31 March 1789
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published by Edward Orme, after Sir William Beechey, after a bust by Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
stipple engraving, published 2 December 1805
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by Charles Knight, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
stipple engraving, published 1806
NPG D17804
by William Greatbach, drawn by George Perfect Harding, published by Richard Bentley, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
mixed-method engraving and etching, published 1840
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
mixed-method engraving and etching, published 1857
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
mixed-method engraving and etching, published 1857
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David Alexander
14 May 2020, 17:34
The mezzotint of The Hon Mrs Damer, which is after the picture of 1773 by Reynolds (Mannings 477) now at the Yale Center for British Art, was engraved by J.R. Smith in 1774
David Alexander
14 May 2020, 17:36
The mezzotint by J.R. Smith of The Hon Mrs Damer, after the picture of 1773 by Reynolds (Mannings 477) now at the Yale Center for British Art, was published in 1774