Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
(1707-1791), Friend and benefactor of the Methodist movementMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
The wife of the ninth Earl of Huntingdon, she was a convert to Methodism and a member of the first Methodist society in Fetter Lane, 1739. A supporter and friend of George Whitefield, she established chapels in London, Bath, Brighton and Tunbridge Wells in an attempt to convert members of the aristocracy to Methodism.
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
by Unknown artist
oil on card, circa 1770
NPG 4224
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
published by Carington Bowles, after John Russell
mezzotint, published 10 June 1773
NPG D3128
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
published by Carington Bowles, after John Russell
mezzotint, published 10 June 1773
NPG D16850
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
by James Fittler, after Robert Bowyer
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D3292
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
after Robert Bowyer
stipple engraving, circa 1790
NPG D20170
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