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Thomas Gainsborough: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Artist



Description	British painter, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death	14 May 1727	2 August 1788
Location of birth/death	Sudbury	London
Work location	Sudbury, London, Ipswich, Bath
Authority file	: Q192720 VIAF: 29542582 ISNI: 0000000108830621 ULAN: 500115200 LCCN: n79055449 NLA: 35109328 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

Date

1783

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 235.6 cm (92.7 in)

; width: 146.5 cm (57.6 in)

Collection

Althorp

	Native name	Althorp
	Location	Northamptonshire
	Coordinates	52° 16′ 48.72″ N, 1° 00′ 07.45″ W
	Established	1688: built
	Website	www.althorp.com
	Authority file	: Q441079 VIAF: 241241514 Historic England: 1356626

Andrew W. Mellon collection
Parent institution	National Gallery of Art
Authority file	: Q46596638

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
	Location	Washington, D.C., United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W
	Established	17 March 1941
	Website	www.nga.gov
	Authority file	: Q214867 VIAF: 3064149198328574940008 ISNI: 0000000123753994 ULAN: 500115983 LCCN: n79054426 NAID: 10479068 WorldCat

Current location

Andrew W. Mellon Collection; not on display.

Accession number

1937.1.93 (National Gallery of Art)

Object history

Painted for the sitter's mother, Georgiana, Countess Spencer (1737-1814), wife of John Spencer, 1st earl Spencer (1734-1783), Althorp, Northamptonshire;

by descent to John, 7th earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp;
purchased 1924 by Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York;
sold 13 April 1925 to Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.;
deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;
gift 1937 to NGA.

Notes

2009 in situ here

References

Source/Photographer

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:32, 19 March 2018	8,027 × 12,986 (46.33 MB)	Aavindraa	hi res (16055x25972 available, but exceeds 100MB)
	16:30, 10 January 2014	508 × 805 (162 KB)	Hohum	BEtter version, same source
	07:09, 30 March 2006	480 × 797 (15 KB)	AndreasPraefcke	Thomas Gainsborough: ''Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire'', 1783 Oil on canvas. Gallery: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Source: http://www.abcgallery.com/G/gainsborough/gainsborough44.html {{Creator:Thomas Gainsboroguh}} [[Category:Portrai