Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
(1757-1806), Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of DevonshireMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 32 portraits
Georgiana Spencer became a leader of Whig society. Famed for her beauty and notorious for her ménage à trois with the 5th Duke of Devonshire and her eventual successor as Duchess, Lady Elizabeth Forster.
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870
NPG D1756
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by James Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
NPG D1757
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by James Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
NPG D13718
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
after Thomas Gainsborough
wood engraving, published 20 May 1876 (1785-1788)
NPG D35171
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Richard Josey, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
NPG D1753
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Richard Josey, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
NPG D1754
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Victor Gustave Lhuillier, after Thomas Gainsborough
etching, published 1877 (1763)
NPG D16749
published by The Graphic, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
chromolithograph, published 1895 (1784)
NPG D35168
by Bernard Partridge, after Thomas Gainsborough, and after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pen and ink, heightened with white, published 1907
NPG D9526
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, and Thomas Miller McLean, and Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mixed-method engraving, published 25 November 1878
NPG D49759
by Berlin Photographic Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
photogravure, probably early 20th century, based on a work of 1784
NPG D49749
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Thomas Gainsborough
chromolithograph, published 1910, based on a work of 1782-1783
NPG D49758
Related People
- Henrietta Frances ('Harriet') Ponsonby (née Spencer), Countess of Bessborough (sister)
- John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (nephew)
- Georgiana Dorothy (née Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle (daughter)
- George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (grandson)
- William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (nephew)
- William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (husband)
- William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (son)
- Georgiana Agar-Ellis (née Howard), Baroness Dover (granddaughter)
- Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (daughter)
- Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (grandson)
- Lady Elizabeth Dorothy Anne Georgiana Grey (née Howard) (granddaughter)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (niece)
- Lady Caroline Georgiana Lascelles (née Howard) (granddaughter)
- Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (grandson)
- Sarah Lyttelton (née Spencer), Lady Lyttelton (niece)
- Sir Frederic Cavendish Ponsonby (nephew)
- John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (father)
- (Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer (mother)
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (brother)
- John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (nephew)
- Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (nephew)
- Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer (nephew)
- Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower (née Howard), Duchess of Sutherland (granddaughter)
- Mary Matilda Georgiana Labouchere (née Howard), Lady Taunton (granddaughter)
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