The two Duchesses of Devonshire: Lady Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) and Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, later Duchess of Devonshire (Lady Elizabeth Foster) (1759-1824)
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1785
Materials
Pastel and watercolour on paper
Measurements
52 x 36 cm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851711
Summary
Pastel on paper, The two Duchesses of Devonshire: Lady Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) and Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, later Duchess of Devonshire (Lady Elizabeth Foster) (1759-1824), by John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales, 1750 – Wrexham 1824). 1785. Full-length portraits, very pale, The Duchess of Devonshire is seated in a landscape in a long white dress, her hands folded on her lap; Lady Elizabeth Foster stands beside her at the right, wearing a pale blue dress and holding up a paper from which she is reading. A tree to the right, distant horizon on the left, with cloudy sky.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Makers and roles
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824)