Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe, Countess Brownlow (1791-1872)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1815 - 1820
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
230 x 202 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355520
Summary
Pastel on paper, Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe, Countess Brownlow (1791-1872), British (English) School, circa 1815-1820. Portrait of a young woman, three-quarter-length turned to the left but looking to the right, seated on a pink upholstered chair, wearing a pink dress trimmed with lace, a multi-coloured printed shawl and a turban on her short brown hair. She also wears an Order on a jewelled chain around her neck. Shawl draped over her amrs and the chair. Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe, Countess Brownlow (1792-1872), eldest daughter of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1764-1839) and Lady Sophia Hobart (1768-1806), third daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (1723-1793); married in 1828, as his third wife, John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (1779-1853), but bore him no children.She has spent her youth trailing around Europe with her uncle Lord Castlereagh, on his official visits as Foreigh Secretary. She held the office of Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide between 1830 and 1849 and formed a close relationship with her. The widowed Adelaide came to stay at Belton and a bedchamber was redecorated for the occasion and duly renamed the Queen's Bedroom. Lady Emma wrote Reminiscences of a Septuagenarian which was published in 1868.
Provenance
Part of the Lothian Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist