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Elizabeth Campbell, Duquesa de Argyll y 1.ª Baronesa Hamilton de Hameldon ( c. diciembre de 1733-20 de diciembre de 1790) fue una bella celebridad anglo-irlandesa y anfitriona de la alta sociedad. Primeros años.
Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, 1st Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon (c. December 1733 – 20 December 1790), earlier Elizabeth Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton, née Gunning, was a celebrated Anglo-Irish beauty, lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte, and society hostess.
Elizabeth Campbell, Duquesa de Argyll y 1.ª Baronesa Hamilton de Hameldon fue una bella celebridad anglo-irlandesa y anfitriona de la alta sociedad. Introducción Elizabeth Gunning Primeros años
Born in Ireland, Elizabeth Gunning was a celebrity beauty who caused a sensation when she and her sister were introduced into high society. Though the sisters had neither dowries nor rank, their physical attractiveness secured them excellent marriages.
Joshua Reynolds exhibited his full-length portrait of Elizabeth Gunning in the very first exhibition of contemporary art in Britain in 1760. It created a sensation and helped establish Reynolds as the leading painter of his generation.
Hamilton was born at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth Gunning. He attended Eton from 1763 to 1767 and on the death of his brother in 1769, he succeeded to the title of Duke of Hamilton.
Hace 4 días · Elizabeth Gunning was a famous Irish beauty who married the 6th Duke of Hamilton in 1752. Recently widowed at the time of this portrait, she was shortly to marry John Campbell, the future 5th Duke of Argyll.
