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Portrait of Gertrude Leveson-Gower, 4th Duchess of Bedford
Pastel on grey paper
History note: Lady Louisa Stewart (1798-1844), the first wife of George, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793-1857); given to her eldest daughter, Lady Louisa Spencer-Churchill (c.1820-82), who married Colonel The Hon. Robert Charles Henry Spencer (1817-81); bequeathed to their daughter, Blanche Louisa Spencer (d. 1919), who married Captain Henry George Fane (1846-1924); to their second son, Hubert William Fane; to his son, Major Robert William Augustus Fane (d. 6 April 1989); to his widow Elinor Valerie Borthwick, who gave it to her son, 1991.
Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2018
Height: 262 mm
Width: 224 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2018) by H.M. Government
Production date: circa AD 1767
grey
Paper
Pastel (crayon)
Accession number: PD.2-2019
Primary reference Number: 227169
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: C.1004-2016
Accession Number: P.160-1937
Accession Number: P.2233-R
Accession Number: CM.85-2009
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