Lady Spencer
Sir Joshua Reynolds (after) 1723 - 1792
Summary
Portrait of 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 1920.180 for other portraits of Lavinia Bingham, Countess Spencer. See 1920.164 for a portrait of her sister, Lady Anne Bingham.
Object Name
Lady Spencer
Creators Name
accession number
1920.498
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
On Display
Credit
Dr David Lloyd Roberts bequest, 1920
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