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Louisa Anne Beresford

(1818-1891), Watercolour painter and philanthropist

Louisa Anne Beresford (née Stuart), Marchioness of Waterford

Sitter in 5 portraits
Artist associated with 74 portraits
Louisa Stuart was brought up mostly in Paris, where her father was British Ambassador to the French court. She was taught to draw from an early age and art, along with religion and philanthropy, was one of her main interests throughout her life. A gifted amateur watercolourist, she did not exhibit at professional galleries until the 1870s. With a strong interest in the welfare of the tenants on her Northumberland estate, she rebuilt the village of Ford. She provided a school and started a temperance society in the village. Her greatest artistic achievement was the decoration of the new school with life sized scenes from the Old and New testaments that used children and adults from the village as models.

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Unknown child, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(42)

Unknown child

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 4 May 1888
NPG D23146(42)

Unknown child, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(43)

Unknown child

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 10 May 1888
NPG D23146(43)

Unknown child, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(44)

Unknown child

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 2 June 1888
NPG D23146(44)

Unknown woman, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(46)

Unknown woman

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 1888
NPG D23146(46)

'Old Jones', by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(49)

'Old Jones'

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 20 July 1888
NPG D23146(49)

Eleanor Vere Boyle (née Gordon), by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(50)

Eleanor Vere Boyle (née Gordon)

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 21 July 1888
NPG D23146(50)

Mary Cochran; Nora Thompson, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(60)

Mary Cochran; Nora Thompson

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 22 October 1888
NPG D23146(60)

Unknown woman, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(67)

Unknown woman

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, November 1888
NPG D23146(67)

Three unknown women carrying bundles of sticks, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(68)

Three unknown women carrying bundles of sticks

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 17 November 1888
NPG D23146(68)

Unknown child, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(75)

Unknown child

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour, circa 1888
NPG D23146(75)

Mrs Walter Alexander, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(58)

Mrs Walter Alexander

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 15 October 1888
NPG D23146(58)

Eleanor Vere Boyle (née Gordon), by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(48)

Eleanor Vere Boyle (née Gordon)

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 18 July 1888
NPG D23146(48)

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(69)

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 28 November 1888
NPG D23146(69)

Mrs Walter Alexander; Captain Ogle, by Louisa Anne Beresford - NPG D23146(59)

Mrs Walter Alexander; Captain Ogle

by Louisa Anne Beresford
watercolour and pencil, 1888
NPG D23146(59)

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