Elizabeth Mary (Leveson-Gower), Marchioness of Westminster
1 portrait by Henry Graves & Co
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Elizabeth Mary (Leveson-Gower), Marchioness of Westminster
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1 February 1844 (exhibited 1818)
12 1/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. (310 mm x 240 mm) plate size; 16 1/2 in. x 11 1/8 in. (418 mm x 281 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1961
Reference Collection
NPG D34992
Sitterback to top
- Elizabeth Mary Grosvenor (née Leveson-Gower), Marchioness of Westminster (1797-1891), Wife of 2nd Marquess of Westminster; daughter of 1st Duke of Sutherland. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 180 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 257 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 698 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D4751: Elizabeth Mary (Leveson-Gower), Marchioness of Westminster (from same plate)
Events of 1844back to top
Current affairs
Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.Art and science
Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.
International
Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.
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