Lady Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) and Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, later Duchess of Devonshire (Lady Elizabeth Foster) (1759-1824) (after John Downman RA)
Eugenie Lily
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
835 x 620 mm; 640 mm (Height); 457 mm (Width); 510 mm (Height); 350 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852046.2
Summary
One of eleven sepia stipple engravings (previously twelve), 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), (after John Downman, RA) by Eugene Lily. 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, a distant horizon on the left, with a cloudy sky. Signed 'Eugenie Lily'. Stamped 'Printsellers Association'. A large print.
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Watermark; Van Gelder Zonen On print: Eugenie Lily On print: Printsellers Association
Makers and roles
Eugenie Lily, engraver (printmaker) after John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824), artist