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Louisa Anne Beresford

(1818-1891), Watercolour painter and philanthropist

Louisa Anne Beresford (née Stuart), Marchioness of Waterford

Sitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 74 portraits
Louisa Stuart was brought up mostly in Paris, where her father was British Ambassador to the French court. She was taught to draw from an early age and art, along with religion and philanthropy, was one of her main interests throughout her life. A gifted amateur watercolourist, she did not exhibit at professional galleries until the 1870s. With a strong interest in the welfare of the tenants on her Northumberland estate, she rebuilt the village of Ford. She provided a school and started a temperance society in the village. Her greatest artistic achievement was the decoration of the new school with life sized scenes from the Old and New testaments that used children and adults from the village as models.

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Landscape with road

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 16 December 1887
NPG D23146(25)

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Sketch of an unknown man plowing a field with horses

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 16 December 1887
NPG D23146(27)

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Landscape with stone ledge

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 30 June 1888
NPG D23146(45)

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Figure walking on path

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 1888
NPG D23146(47)

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Interior with chair and mirror

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 1888
NPG D23146(51)

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Landscape with flowering plants

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 1888
NPG D23146(54)

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Figure walking on a path

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour, 15 September 1888
NPG D23146(56)

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Landscape with trees at sunset

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour, 1 October 1888
NPG D23146(57)

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Landscape with trees and palm fronds

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 27 October 1888
NPG D23146(61)

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Landscape with trees and path

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 27 October 1888
NPG D23146(62a)

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Landscape with trees and brook

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour, 1888
NPG D23146(66)

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Sketch of a sitting room

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 1888
NPG D23146(70)

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Study of blades of grass

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, circa 1888
NPG D23146(76)

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