Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
2 of 3 portraits by M. Lawson
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Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by M. Lawson, after John Downman
stipple engraving, (1787)
10 1/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (258 mm x 191 mm) plate size; 10 3/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (263 mm x 199 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D35166
Sitterback to top
- Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire. Sitter in 32 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 165 portraits, Sitter in 16 portraits.
- John Downman (1750-1824), Artist. Artist or producer associated with 33 portraits.
- M. Lawson. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
Events of 1787back to top
Current affairs
Social reformers Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in London with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others.George III shows first signs of mental instability in November.
Art and science
Painter Robert Barker takes out a patent on the Panorama..Astronomer William Herschel discovers the two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon.
The original Lord's Cricket Ground holds its first cricket match.
International
Captain William Bligh sets sail for Tahiti on The Bounty.First performance of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni at the National Theatre, Prague.
A British ship lands a party of freed slaves as the first modern settlers in Sierra Leone.
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
Bahamas become a British colony.
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