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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.

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1041

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
NPG 1041

D9192

(Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer; Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), printed for John Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)
NPG D9192

D19693

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (née Spencer)
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, (1779)
NPG D19693

D21300

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Valentine Green, after Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway (née Hadfield)
mezzotint, published 1783
NPG D21300

D14836

'The Departure'

by Thomas Rowlandson, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1784
NPG D14836

D12388

'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 July 1788
NPG D12388

D13107

'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
NPG D13107

D1755

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870
NPG D1755

D1756

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870
NPG D1756

D1757

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by James Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
NPG D1757

D13718

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by James Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1871
NPG D13718

D1753

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Richard Josey, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
NPG D1753

D1754

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Richard Josey, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1877
NPG D1754

D16749

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Victor Gustave Lhuillier, after Thomas Gainsborough
etching, published 1877 (1763)
NPG D16749

D9526

Au Revoir (Georgiana (Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire, Anne (Parsons), Viscountess Maynard ('Nancy Parsons'), Agneta Yorke (née Johnson))

by Sir (John) Bernard Partridge, after Thomas Gainsborough, and after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pen and ink, heightened with white, published 1907
NPG D9526

D41999

(Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer; Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)
NPG D41999

D41998

(Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer; Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 20 June 1771 (1759-1761)
NPG D41998

D35166

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire

by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by M. Lawson, after John Downman
stipple engraving, (1787)
NPG D35166

D35167

Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire; Georgiana Dorothy (Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle

by and published by George Keating, sold by William Austin, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 19 May 1787 (1784)
NPG D35167

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