Georgiana (née Lygon), Lady Raglan
57 of 74 portraits by William Henry Mote
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Georgiana (née Lygon), Lady Raglan
by William Henry Mote, published by David Bogue, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1850
11 3/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. (290 mm x 210 mm) plate size; 15 5/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. (397 mm x 268 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Whitin Fund, 1955
Reference Collection
NPG D38033
Sitterback to top
- Georgiana (née Lygon), Lady Raglan (1832-1865), Wife of Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- David Bogue, Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 52 portraits.
- John Hayter (1800-1895), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 72 portraits.
- William Henry Mote (1803-1871), Line and stipple engraver. Artist or producer associated with 74 portraits.
Events of 1850back to top
Current affairs
Cardinal Wiseman, a Catholic priest who had exerted a strong influence on the Oxford movement, is made a Cardinal and leader of the Catholic church in England, thus restoring Roman Catholic hierarchy in England.Art and science
Death of poet laureate William Wordsworth; his great autobiographical poem The Prelude is published posthumously, famously charting the growth of the poet's mind.Tennyson's In Memoriam is also published. A poignant record of his grief over the death of his friend Arthur Hallam, the poem also movingly questions the strength of faith in an increasingly scientific age.
International
Up to 50,000 pioneers travel west in wagons on the Oregon trail in the United States, one of the main overland migration routes across the continent. Spanning over half the continent, the trail led 2,170 miles through territories and land which would later become six US states, including Kansas, Wyoming and Oregon, helping the US to implement its goal of Manifest Destiny - building a nation spanning the North American continent.Comments back to top
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EliotsofPortEliot.com
27 June 2019, 14:29
Georgiana "Georgie" Lygon as a young girl (later Lady Raglan)
30 Jul 1832 (London) - 30 Sep 1865 (Wimbledon Park, London)
Father: General Henry Beauchamp Lygon (4th Earl Beauchamp)
Mother: Lady Susan Caroline Eliot (daughter of the 2nd Earl of St Germans)
Later married to Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset (2nd Baron Raglan)
Gary Simons
15 January 2020, 00:19
This portrait was engraved by William Henry Mote, from a painting by John Hayter, and was published in Beauties of the Court of Queen Victoria (London : David Bogue, 1850)