Anne Townshend (née Montgomery), Marchioness Townshend ('The Marchioness of Townshend in her full Court dress, as worn by her Ladyship, on the Queen's Birth day, 1806')
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Anne Townshend (née Montgomery), Marchioness Townshend ('The Marchioness of Townshend in her full Court dress, as worn by her Ladyship, on the Queen's Birth day, 1806')
published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine
etching, published 1 March 1806
8 1/2 in. x 5 in. (215 mm x 127 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47498
Sitterback to top
- Anne Townshend (née Montgomery), Marchioness Townshend (1754-1819), Second wife of 1st Marquess Townshend; daughter of Sir WIlliam Montgomery, 1st Bt. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Bell (1745-1831), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 108 portraits, Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
- La Belle Assemblée or Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine (1806-1832), Magazine. Artist or producer associated with 58 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Fans
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Court dress
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Full dress
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Open robes; open dresses
- Fashion Plates: Hair - Classical Greek hairstyles
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Coronets; diadems; tiaras
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Lappets
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Ostrich feathers
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Classical ornament and decoration
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Lace
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Tassels
- Fashion Plates: Undergarments - Hoop-petticoats
Events of 1806back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt dies in January and his lifelong opponent Charles James Fox dies in September. Pitt is succeeded by William Wyndham, Baron Grenville, who forms the 'Ministry of all the Talents' coalition .Prince of Wales instigates the 'Delicate Investigation'; a Parliamentary enquiry into claims that his wife Caroline had an illegitimate child.
Art and science
John Constable embarks on a formative tour of the Lakes and makes landscape studies of the Langdale Pikes and Helvellyn.Turner exhibits his Thames views to acclaim at his own London gallery.
Humphrey Davy discovers the elements potassium and sodium by passing an electrical current through molten compounds.
International
Soprano Angelica Catalani arrives from Italy to make her London debut, amazing audiences with her showpiece arias.Napoleon turns his forces east against Austria, Russia and Prussia and enjoys a wave of French victories.
British attack on Buenos Aires under General William Beresford fails.
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