The 7th Duke of Marlborough and his family
1 of 2 portraits of Georgiana Elizabeth (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess Howe
The 7th Duke of Marlborough and his family
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
3 5/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (92 mm x 58 mm) image size
Given by Algernon Graves, 1916
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax29663
Artistback to top
- Hills & Saunders (active 1850-1900), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Clementine Augusta (née Spencer-Churchill), Marchioness of Camden (later Lady Green) (1848-1886), Former wife of 3rd Marquess of Camden, and later wife of Philip Green; daughter of 6th Duke of Marlborough. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Rosamond Jane Frances (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady de Ramsey (1851-1920), Wife of 2nd Baron de Ramsey; daughter of 7th Duke of Marlborough. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Georgiana Elizabeth (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess Howe (1860-1906), First wife of 4th Earl Howe; daughter of 7th Duke of Marlborough. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Conservative politician; MP for Woodstock; grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 19 portraits. Identify
- Frances Anne Emily Churchill (née Vane), Duchess of Marlborough (1822-1899), Wife of 7th Duke of Marlborough; daughter of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Anne Emily (née Spencer-Churchill), Duchess of Roxburghe (1854-1923), Wife of 7th Duke of Roxburghe; daughter of 7th Duke of Marlborough. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Fanny Octavia Louisa (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Tweedmouth (1853-1904), Hostess and founder of the Liberal Social Council; wife of 2nd Baron Tweedmouth; daughter of 7th Duke of Marlborough. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Cornelia Henrietta Maria (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Wimborne (1847-1927), Wife of 1st Baron Wimborne; daughter of 7th Duke of Marlborough. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
This portraitback to top
This carte-de-visite was presented to George Scharf, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, by the Duchess of Marlborough in the 1860s and entered his albums of 'distinguished persons'.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- George Scharf and his Circles: the National Portrait Gallery and the Victorian art world (21 September 2015 - 1 January 2016)
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Events of 1864back to top
Current affairs
First of the Contagious Diseases Act. These acts allowed for the arrest, medical inspection and confinement of any woman suspected of being a prostitute in the port towns. Following huge public outcry over their discrimination against women, notably led by Josephine Butler, leader of the Ladies' National Association, the acts were eventually repealed.Octavia Hill starts work on slums, and the International Working Men's Association is founded in London.
Art and science
The Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell presents his discoveries in the field of electromagnetics to the Royal Society. His paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field expresses the basic laws of electricity and magnetism in unified fashion. Maxwell's equations, as his rules came to be known, helped create modern physics, laying the foundation for future work in special relativity and quantum mechanics.International
Austria and Prussia combine forces to seize Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.Britain cedes Corfu, acquired from France in the Second Treaty of Paris (1815) to Greece. Although Britain had vigorously suppressed an uprising in 1849 in Cephalonia aiming to restore Iolian islands, the government changed policy throughout the 1850s and 60s.
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