Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Argyll (1734 – 1790) (after Katherine Read)
Robert Laurie (London 1755 - Broxbourne 1836)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mezzotint on paper in glazed wood frame
Measurements
560 x 405 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771702
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Argyll (1734 – 1790) (after Katherine Read) by Robert Laurie (London 1755 – Broxbourne 1836). Pictured with a most elaborate and unusual headress. 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)
Provenance
Jersey Bequest 1993, Osterley Park Heirloom
Marks and inscriptions
The name of the sitter, inscribed with ink on a label pasted at the base.
Makers and roles
Robert Laurie (London 1755 - Broxbourne 1836), engraver (printmaker) after Katherine Read (Dundee 1723 – at sea 1779), artist Robert Sayer (1725-1794), engraver and publisher