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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

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Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Camille Silvy - NPG x197130

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197130

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Camille Silvy - NPG x197131

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197131

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Camille Silvy - NPG x197132

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197132

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax60534

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 24 July 1862
NPG Ax60534

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax60535

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 24 July 1862
NPG Ax60535

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Camille Silvy - NPG x87071

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 24 July 1862
NPG x87071

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune - NPG Ax29652

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867 or before
NPG Ax29652

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester), by Adèle - NPG x197514

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester)

by Adèle
albumen carte-de-visite, 1874
NPG x197514

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester) as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41001

Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester) as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41001

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 - NPG D38188

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
NPG D38188

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