Anne Holroyd (née North), Countess of Sheffield
5 of 117 portraits by Henry Edridge
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Anne Holroyd (née North), Countess of Sheffield
by Henry Edridge
pencil and wash, 1798
10 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. (267 mm x 184 mm)
Purchased, 1928
Primary Collection
NPG 2185a
Sitterback to top
- Anne Holroyd (née North), Countess of Sheffield (1764-1832), Third wife of 1st Earl of Sheffield; daughter of 2nd Earl of Guilford. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Henry Edridge (1769-1821), Portrait painter and landscape draughtsman. Artist or producer associated with 117 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 426
- Piper, David, The English Face, 1992, p. 186
- Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 149
- Ribeiro, Aileen; Blackman, Cally, A Portrait of Fashion: Six Centuries of Dress at the National Portrait Gallery, 2015, p. 150
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 561
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Late Eighteenth Century Prints and Drawings (17 April 2004 - 5 September 2004)
Events of 1798back to top
Current affairs
To meet war costs, William Pitt introduces a Finance Bill which levies income tax for the first time.Art and science
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads; a key publication for the romantic movement in poetry. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner opens the volume.Publisher and printseller Rudolph Ackermann establishes his popular 'Repository of the Arts' shop, gallery, library and social centre on the Strand.
International
Uprising of the United Irishmen: a republican rebellion which attempted to achieve Ireland's total independence by force with the aid of a French invasion. It was only narrowly defeated.Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's visionary Egyptian campaign offers British first major victory as Nelson destroys the French fleet.
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Elizabeth Livingstone
19 November 2015, 22:09
She was an artist, we have an oil painting of hers, a still life. She was a distant relative of Marianne North.