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Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby

3 of 34 portraits on display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery

by Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
marble bust, circa 1788
23 1/2 in. (597 mm) high
Given by Rupert Gunnis, 1965
Primary Collection
NPG 4469

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Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby (1759?-1829), Actress; second wife of Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. Sitter in 24 portraits.

Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway) (1749-1828), Sculptor. Artist associated with 7 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.

Showing her as Thalia, the Muse of Comedy and Idyllic Poetry.

Perry, Gill (introduction) Roach, Joseph (appreciation) and West, Shearer (appreciation), The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons, 2011 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 2011 to 8 January 2012), p. 124
Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 153