Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
(1689-1762), Writer and travellerEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 9 portraits
Writer and traveller. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was the daughter of the Duke of Kingston. She secretly married Edward Wortley Montagu in 1712 and accompanied him on his mission to Constantinople as ambassador in 1716. A victim of smallpox which left her badly marked, she had her son Edward Wortley Montagu inoculated against the disease at the age of four in Turkey and introduced the practice to England on her return home in 1718. A literary bluestocking and leader of society in London but left England and her husband in 1739 to live abroad, only returning to England shortly before her death. Her celebrated Letters, written from abroad, were published posthumously.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants
attributed to Jean Baptiste Vanmour
oil on canvas, circa 1717
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3924
Duke and Duchess of Portland; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by George Vertue, after Christian Friedrich Zincke
engraving, 1739 (1738)
NPG D14770
Duke and Duchess of Portland; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by George Vertue, after Christian Friedrich Zincke
engraving, 1739 (1738)
NPG D19170
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after Christian Friedrich Zincke
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1811
NPG D14129
by Achille Devéria, printed by François Le Villain, published by Edward Bull, published by Edward Churton, after Christian Friedrich Zincke
hand-coloured lithograph, 1830s
NPG D34619
Unknown woman, called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley
line and stipple engraving, published 1836
NPG D16265
Unknown woman, called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by Joseph Brown
line and stipple engraving, 1844 or after
NPG D16266
Unknown woman, called Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
by Charles William Sherborn
etching, 1883
NPG D21195
by Louisa Anne Beresford, after Jonathan Richardson
watercolour and pencil, 9 November 1887
NPG D23146(24)
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