Grand Ladies

Elizabeth Hervey had two husbands, the fourth Earl of Bristol, who she married in 1776 and separated from five years later, and the Duke of Devonshire who she married in 1809. The georgianaduchessofdevonshire.blogspot named her Tart of the Week on 13 June 2008. She moved in with Georgiana, the first Duchess of Devonshire, swept her husband’s heart away, had two children by him, and married him after Georgiana died proving “All’s fair in love and war.”  Her Wikipedia article is here.

ca. 1770 Woman, traditionally identified as Lady Hervey by Angelica Kauffmann (Yale Center for British Art, Yale University - New Haven, Connecticult, USA)

Elizabeth Hervey, wife of the 4th Earl of Bristol, three-quarter-length, seated in a salmon pink dress with lilac bows, the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim by Anton van Maron (auctioned by Christie's)

ca. 1778-1779 Elizabeth Hervey, 4th Marchioness of Bristol by Anton von Maron (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien)

1785 Elizabeth Foster by Angelica Kauffman (Ickworth House - Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk UK)

Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire after Sir Joshua Reynolds

ca. 1789 Lady Bess Foster Racky by Sir Joshua Reynolds (location unknown to gogm)

ca. 1791 Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire with Lady Elizabeth Foster by Jean Urbain Guérin (Wallace Collection - London UK)

1819 Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire by Sir Thomas Lawrence (National Portrait Gallery - London UK)