Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire
Sitter in 29 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
ascribed to Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1761
On display on Floor 1: Lady Chesterfield's Room at Beningbrough Hall
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by Daniel Gardner
gouache and chalk, 1775
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by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), printed for John Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (née Spencer)
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, (1779)
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Valentine Green, after Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway (née Hadfield)
mezzotint, published 1783
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by Thomas Rowlandson, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1784
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'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 July 1788
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'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by James Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by James Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Richard Josey, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Richard Josey, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Victor Gustave Lhuillier, after Thomas Gainsborough
etching, published 1877 (1763)
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by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge, after Thomas Gainsborough, and after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pen and ink, heightened with white, published 1907
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by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)
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by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 20 June 1771 (1759-1761)
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by M. Lawson, after John Downman
stipple engraving, (1787)
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by and published by George Keating, sold by William Austin, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 19 May 1787 (1784)
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