Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Argyll (1734 – 1790) (after Francis Cotes RA)
James McArdell (Dublin c.1729 – London 1765)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1751
Materials
Mezzotint on paper
Measurements
280 x 420 mm
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354016
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Argyll (1734 – 1790) (after Francis Cotes RA) by James McArdell (Dublin c.1729 – London 1765). 1751. Daughter of Colonel John Gunning; married (i) James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton and (ii) John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll Elizabeth Gunning, Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon was born at Hemingford Greys, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Colonel John Gunning and Hon. Bridget Bourke. She was baptised on 7 December 1733 at Hemingford Greys, Huntingdonshire. She married, (i) James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, son of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and Lady Anne Cochrane, on 14 February 1752, (ii) Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, son of General John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll and Hon. Mary Bellenden, on 3 February 1759 at London, England. She died on 20 December 1790 at Argyll House, Great Argyll Street, St. James's, London, England.She was buried at Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland. Her children by her first marriage to the 6th Duke of Hamilton: 1.Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (1753-1797) 2.James George Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton. (1755-1769) 3.Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton (1756-1799) Her children by her second marriage to the 5th Duke of Argyll: 1.Lady Augusta Campbell (1760-1831) 2.George John Campbell, Earl of Campbell (1763-1764) 3.Sir George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll (1768-1839) 4.Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell (1775-1861) 5.John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll (1777-1847)
Makers and roles
James McArdell (Dublin c.1729 – London 1765), engraver (printmaker) after Francis Cotes (London 1726 - London 1770), artist