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Lavinia, Countess Spencer
Sir Joshua Reynolds (after) 1723 - 1792
Summary
Female figure seen in left profile but facing to the front. She wears a diaphanous dress with a broad soft collar and dark belt. Her wide brimmed hat covers her curly hair.She has an eyeglass on a chain round her neck. She is seen against a landscape background. Lavinia Countess Spencer (1762-1831) was the eldest daughter of Irish peer Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan, and his wife the portrait miniature painter Margaret Smyth. Despite the lack of a dowry, she married George Spencer, Viscount Althorp, in 1782. Althorp succeeded as 2nd Earl Spencer in 1783. He was a politician. Together they entertained the period's most prominent political and intellectual figures. She was the pre-eminent hostess in Lodon society at the time. See 1920.176 and 1920.498 for other portraits of Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer. See 1920.164 for a portrait of her sister, Lady Anne Bingham.
Object Name
Lavinia, Countess Spencer
Creators Name
Date Created
1876
Dimensions
support: 31.6cm x 26cm
accession number
1920.180
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
Mezzotint
On Display
Credit
Dr David Lloyd Roberts bequest, 1920
Legal
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