Duchess of devonshire

Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford Cavendish, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, who died this week at age 94, was a celebrated young socialite, the savior and stewardess of one of England’s greatest properties, and a wit for the ages. Vanity Fair’s James Reginato remembers her unique personality.

Georgiana and her brother and sister, George and Henrietta, 1774 just before she married William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire.

Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, c.1785-87 by Thomas Gainsborough. King & McGaw has an extensive collection of art prints by established and emerging artists, which are all framed by hand in the UK.

A fashion exhibition opening this week at the British estate reimagines the lives of those who lived there.

Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish in The Duchess (2008)

The Time Machine seems to be a bit sluggish after its month long stay in the 19th century. So it’s hardly surprising that its first jump has only got us as far as 1897. It’s landed us outside the b…

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View Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), three-quarter-length, in a pale blue dress and black hat After Gainsborough Thomas; oil on canvas; 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.); . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

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Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, and the last surviving Mitford sister, died today at the age of 94.

The Duchesse of Devonshire feeding her chickens (her Chanel suit adds a nice touch!)

Lady Bampfylde Huile sur toile, 1776-1777 Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) L'âge d'or de la peinture anglaise, exposition du 11 septembre 2019 au 16 février 2020 Musée du Luxembourg, Paris.

The towering coiffures of the 1770s were impressive, but not especially practical; wearing one to bed was an ordeal.

March 1806 began well for the Duchess of Devonshire as she held a ball for the social elite. The whole suite of magnificent apartments was thrown open at ten in the evening and about eleven ‘the fa…

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Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire writes to her sister about fashion and hair styles....

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