Au Revoir (Georgiana (Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire, Anne (Parsons), Viscountess Maynard ('Nancy Parsons'), Agneta Yorke (née Johnson))
1 portrait of Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
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Au Revoir (Georgiana (Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire, Anne (Parsons), Viscountess Maynard ('Nancy Parsons'), Agneta Yorke (née Johnson))
by Bernard Partridge, after Thomas Gainsborough, and after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pen and ink, heightened with white, published 1907
15 3/8 in. x 11 3/4 in. (392 mm x 297 mm) paper size
Given by Executors of Lady Partridge, 1961
Reference Collection
NPG D9526
Sittersback to top
- Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), Beauty and leader of Whig society; first wife of 5th Duke of Devonshire. Sitter in 32 portraits. Identify
- Anne ('Nancy') Maynard (née Parsons), Viscountess Maynard (circa 1735-1814 or 1815), Courtesan and political mistress. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Agneta Yorke (née Johnson) (1740-1820), Second wife of Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Portrait and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 268 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Sir (John) Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), Cartoonist and illustrator. Artist or producer associated with 91 portraits, Sitter in 20 portraits.
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1425 portraits, Sitter associated with 40 portraits.
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Events of 1907back to top
Current affairs
Robert Baden Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British Army, forms the Boy Scout Movement after holding a camp on Brownsea Island for a group of twenty-two boys of mixed social background. Baden Powell was inspired after finding that his 1903 military training manual Aids to Scouting had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth workers. The Scout movement has become a Worldwide phenomenon, with over 38 million members in 216 countries.Art and science
The poet, author and critic Edmund Gosse publishes his autobiography Father and Son, an account of his relationship with his devout Christian father, the zoologist Phillip Gosse. Edmund's detailing of his loss of faith is a reflection on the Victorian age itself.Anna Pavlova first dances The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Camille Saint-Saens, at a charity performance.
International
America is gripped by a financial crisis as a collapse of trust companies causes panic amongst shareholders.Aged twenty, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century architecture, designs his first house at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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