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5 days ago · Political affection [art original]. Creator Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist Published / Created April 1784. Publication Place England Abstract The Duchess of Devonshire sits nursing a fox at her bare breast; the fox is dressed as a child, its paw on her lap.
5 days ago · Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811 Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 Carlisle, Georgiana Howard, Countess of, 1783-1858 Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
May 22, 2024 · Abstract. "The Duchess of Devonshire about to kiss a short fat butcher; one arm is round his neck, her right hand under his apron. She says, "I'll leave no Stone unturned to serve the Cause"; he answers, "Then you shall have my Plumper - but what says your Calf - mayhap, he's Jealous". She wears a hat trimmed with a 'Fox' favour and four fox's ...
6 days ago · At this time its leading spirit was Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, a lady whose character formed a perfect contrast to the indolence of her husband, and who, in respect of her beauty, her accomplishments, and the part which she played in the world of politics, may be compared with Anne Genevieve de Bourbon, Duchesse de Longueville, in the ...
1 day ago · The possibilities of this are suggested in a later chapter by an account of the duchess of Devonshire’s use of a portrait celebrating her maternal devotion to her daughter to restore her reputation, which was damaged by the criticism she endured while canvassing during the 1784 Westminster election.
13 hours ago · “In the summer holidays we’d go to Derbyshire, to Chatsworth House and visit the farmyard that Deborah Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire set up. She was a big poultry enthusiast and had a beautiful collection of fancy breeds, so literally from three years old, I knew I loved chickens.”
13 hours ago · Amanda Vickery's new book is largely based on several rich collections of women's letters and diaries, most notably those of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton, whose family belonged to the lesser gentry and mercantile elite of Lancashire in the eighteenth century. These women's voices -- in turns passionate, pious, sentimental and sardonic, resentful ...
