Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
(1789-1849), Novelist and beauty; wife of 1st Earl of BlessingtonEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 9 portraits
Novelist; born in Ireland; published numerous novels, annuals and books of reminiscence; editor of The Keepsake and other periodicals; established, with Count D'Orsay, a famous salon at Gore House, London.
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by or after Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, circa 1834
NPG 1309
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by Charles Martin
pencil, 1844
NPG 1645a
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, (early 1830s)
NPG D34551
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by William Giller, published by J. McCormick, after Edmund Thomas Parris
mezzotint, published 1835
NPG D18718
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1837
NPG D31888
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1837
NPG D31889
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by Samuel Cousins, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1837
NPG D750
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph, (4 December 1841)
NPG D22351
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (4 December 1841)
NPG D22352
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