Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
(1757-1806), Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of DevonshireMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 32 portraits
Georgiana Spencer became a leader of Whig society. Famed for her beauty and notorious for her ménage à trois with the 5th Duke of Devonshire and her eventual successor as Duchess, Lady Elizabeth Forster.
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1761
NPG 1041
by Daniel Gardner
gouache and chalk, 1775
NPG 6903
by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), printed for John Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)
NPG D9192
by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1759-1761)
NPG D41999
by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 20 June 1771 (1759-1761)
NPG D41998
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Lady Diana Beauclerk (née Spencer)
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, (1779)
NPG D19693
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Valentine Green, after Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway (née Hadfield)
mezzotint, published 1783
NPG D21300
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 April 1784
NPG D14836
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by M. Lawson, after John Downman
stipple engraving, (1787)
NPG D35166
by and published by George Keating, sold by William Austin, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 19 May 1787 (1784)
NPG D35167
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by L. Schmidt
line engraving, 1787
NPG D15271
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire; Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Noble, published by Alexander Hogg, after Dodd
line engraving, published 30 April 1787
NPG D15512
'Harry Jenkins, the masculine and feminine bellows mender'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 July 1788
NPG D12388
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Henry Bone, probably after Andrew Plimer
pencil, pen and ink, 1794-1795
NPG D17541
'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
NPG D13107
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by William Whiston Barney, published by Thomas Palser, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 20 April 1808
NPG D35165
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Henry Meyer, after Thomas Gainsborough
stipple engraving, 1814
NPG D35164
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Robert Graves, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Thomas Gainsborough
line engraving, published 24 February 1870 (1785-1788)
NPG D35169
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
published by Excelsior Fine Art Association, with permission of Henry Graves & Co, after Robert Graves, after Thomas Gainsborough
chromolithograph, originally published 24 February 1870 (1785-1788)
NPG D35170
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1870
NPG D1755
Related People
- Henrietta Frances ('Harriet') Ponsonby (née Spencer), Countess of Bessborough (sister)
- John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough (nephew)
- Georgiana Dorothy (née Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle (daughter)
- George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (grandson)
- William Ponsonby, 1st Baron de Mauley (nephew)
- William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (husband)
- William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (son)
- Georgiana Agar-Ellis (née Howard), Baroness Dover (granddaughter)
- Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (daughter)
- Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (grandson)
- Lady Elizabeth Dorothy Anne Georgiana Grey (née Howard) (granddaughter)
- Lady Caroline Lamb (niece)
- Lady Caroline Georgiana Lascelles (née Howard) (granddaughter)
- Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (grandson)
- Sarah Lyttelton (née Spencer), Lady Lyttelton (niece)
- Sir Frederic Cavendish Ponsonby (nephew)
- John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer (father)
- (Margaret) Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz), Countess Spencer (mother)
- George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (brother)
- John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer (nephew)
- Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (nephew)
- Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer (nephew)
- Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower (née Howard), Duchess of Sutherland (granddaughter)
- Mary Matilda Georgiana Labouchere (née Howard), Lady Taunton (granddaughter)
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