Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard, Duchess of Devonshire (1812 – 1840)

after John Lucas (London 1807 – St John’s Wood 1874). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard, Duchess of Devonshire (1812 – 1840) after John Lucas (London 1807 – St John’s Wood 1874). A three-quarter-length portrait, facing, in a landscape, wearing a white dress, her gloves held in her left hand, her right resting on a pedestal. She was the fourth daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (1773-1884) and Lady Georgiana Cavendish (1783-1858), daughter of William Cavendish 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811); married William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington and 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891) in 1829. After the original: Lady Blanche Howard, Duchess of Devonshire,1812-1840 by John Lucas - Devonshire Catalogue, 1933, No.407 Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)