Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)
1 portrait by Friedrich Kaulbach
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)
by William Henry Mote, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Friedrich Kaulbach
stipple engraving, published 24 July 1860
21 1/2 in. x 17 in. (547 mm x 431 mm) plate size; 28 5/8 in. x 21 1/4 in. (726 mm x 539 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1951
Reference Collection
NPG D38188
Sitterback to top
- Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester) (1832-1911), Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria; former wife of 7th Duke of Manchester, and later first wife of 8th Duke of Devonshire. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 257 portraits.
- Friedrich Kaulbach (1822-1903), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- William Henry Mote (1803-1871), Line and stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits.
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Events of 1860back to top
Current affairs
An early feminist movement, The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women is founded by Adelaide Anne Proctor, Emily Faithfull, Helen Blackburn, Bessie Parks, Emily Davies, Barbara Bodichon, and Jessie Boucherett.The Florence Nightingale Training School for Nurses opens at St Thomas's Hospital, in London, funded from the testimonial fund collected for Nightingale following her war services, and helping to establish nursing as a profession.
Art and science
William Morris and new wife Jane Burden move into the Red House, near Bexleyheath, Kent. The house, designed by Philip Webb, represents Morris's principle in interior design, that no object should be in a house that is not beautiful.Ford Madox Brown paints The Last of England, showing a boat of emigrants leaving England under desperate circumstances, inspired by the emigration of the Pre-Raphaelite Thomas Woolner to Australia in 1852.
International
Italian unification continues as the Treaty of Turin brings much of Northern Italy under nationalist leader Cavour's control, who cedes Savoy and Nice to France. Garibaldi siezes the opportunity to invade Marsala in Sicily with his army of 1,000 redshirts, proclaiming himself dictator in the name of Victor Emmanuel II.Republican Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the US, with only 39% of the popular vote.
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