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Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

(1870-1941), Second wife of 5th Earl of Annesley; daughter of William Armitage Moore

Sitter in 48 portraits
Daughter of William Armitage Moore, Priscilla married her first cousin, Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley in 1892. He was a soldier and wealthy land-owner; he was also nearly forty years older than Priscilla. Together they had two daughters. Priscilla was considered one of the great beauties of the period and was a noted hostess at the family residence at Castlewellan in Northern Ireland. She was photographed a number of times by Bassano and appeared in his series Types of English Beauty.

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Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, circa 1891
NPG x3820

'A Posy of Beauties' (including Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley)

by Alexander Bassano
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 8 August 1891
NPG x136870

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, circa 1891
NPG x137562

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96206

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96207

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96208

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96209

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96210

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96211

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96212

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1891
NPG x96214

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley; Miss Mence; Jannette Desborough

by and after Alexander Bassano
bromide print, circa 1902 (circa 1892)
NPG Ax136800

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1895
NPG x193218

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1895
NPG x7114

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x7115

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x8927

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x8928

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1895
NPG x8926

Priscilla (née Moore), Countess of Annesley; Miss Stevenson; Mary Carolyn Campbell (née Cuyler), Lady Grey-Egerton

by and after Alexander Bassano
bromide print, circa 1902
NPG Ax136816

Priscilla Cecilia (née Moore), Countess Annesley

by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1903
NPG x127403

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Related People

Hugh Annesley, 5th Earl Annesley (husband)
Lady Clare Annesley (daughter)
Lady Constance Mary Malleson (Colette O'Niel) (daughter)

Place

County Down

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