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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

(1707-1791), Friend and benefactor of the Methodist movement

Mid-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.

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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, published by Carington Bowles, after  John Russell - NPG D3128

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 - NPG D16850

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 - NPG D3292

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

by James Fittler, after Robert Bowyer
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D3292

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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

after Robert Bowyer
stipple engraving, circa 1790
NPG D20170

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