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29 de jul. de 2011 · ‘Portrait of Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave, later Duchess of Gloucester’ was created by Thomas Gainsborough in Rococo style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
28 de jul. de 2018 · Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell) was born on 24 January 1743 as the daughter of Simon Luttrell, later first Earl of Carhampton, and his wife, Judith Maria Lawes. Anne’s first husband was another commoner, Christopher Horton, on 4 August 1765 but he died just four years later. 1 Horace Walpole described her as, “a coquette beyond measure ...
Maria Walpole (1739-1807) était la nièce de Sir Horace Walpole, écrivain et amateur d’art proche de Reynolds, qui lui commanda ce portrait de sa nièce, exécuté en 1761. Elle avait épousé en 1759 le comte James Waldegrave (1715-1763) ; leur fille était née le 24 mars 1760, elle a donc entre un et deux ans sur ce portrait.
29 de jun. de 2013 · Maria Walpole nait illégitime le 10 juillet 1736 à Londres. Son père s’appelle lord Edward Walpole, il est le deuxième fils du Premier Ministre anglais, sir Robert Walpole 1er comte d’Orford (Orford et non Oxford!). Sa mère est une simple couturière du nom de Dorothy Clements.
Portrait of Maria Walpole 1765 Oil on canvas, 109 x 136 cm Private collection: The sitter of this portrait is Maria Walpole, Countess Waldegrave, later H.R.H. Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736-1807).
By the 1730s, Walpole lived openly with his mistress Maria Skerrett, with whom he had already had a daughter. In March 1738, Walpole married her. But Maria died just a few months later in childbirth. Before leaving office, Walpole arranged to have his illegitimate daughter legitimised, and she became ‘Lady Maria Walpole’.
