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24 de abr. de 2024 · Lord Byron, shortly before his brief, doomed marriage to her niece Annabella Milbanke, described Elizabeth Lamb, Lady Melbourne (known to the admiring young poet as Lady M), as ‘the best friend I ever had in my life, and the cleverest of women’. Lady Holland, a rival hostess in Georgian London ...
8 de jun. de 2011 · Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne – the most famous political hostesses and society beauties of their day – are shown gathered around the witches’ cauldron alongside their friend, the sculptor Anne Seymour Damer.
Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne with Peniston Lamb as a child. by Samuel William Reynolds, or by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Sir Joshua Reynolds mezzotint, (1770-1771) 7 1/8 in. x 4 3/8 in. (180 mm x 111 mm) plate size; 18 1/8 in. x 12 1/8 in. (461 mm x 308 mm) paper size
The sculptor Anne Seymour Damer and the political hostesses Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire and Elizabeth Viscountess Melbourne are here depicted as the three witches from Macbeth. All three women loved amateur dramatics and were involved in productions at the private theatre at Althorp, Georgiana's country estate.
Viscountess Melbourne. Name variations: Lady Melbourne; Elizabeth Milbanke; Elizabeth Lamb. Born Elizabeth Milbanke; died in the spring of 1818; only dau. of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart., of Halnaby, in Yorkshire; m. Peniston Lamb, 1st viscount Melbourne; aunt of Anne Milbanke; children: four sons, including Peniston (1770–1805); (possibly with ...
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23 de may. de 2024 · This unusual group portrait depicts three of the most politically influential and socially notorious women of the period. They are, from left to right, the society ladies and political hostesses Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and the sculptor Anne Seymour Damer. All three women were intimate friends ...
