Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester was the wife of George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester. Dowager Duchess of Manchester from 1788 to 1832.
Katherine Read Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester
Diana Disarming Cupid, Elizabeth Dashwood and Her Son George Montagu, Viscount Manderville. by Joshua Reynolds
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Cavendish family, she was
Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester
…in London. The Duchess of Manchester at one time snobbishly refused to speak to the French actor Monsieur Tessier because he earned his living, the Duchess of Devonshire was dismayed at the duchess's snobbery and pointedly danced with him at Almack's ball. The duke died in 1788, following which his widow received an…
Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785–1787
A young Miss Georgiana Spencer with her mother, Margaret Georgiana Spencer. Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
With her siblings, Henrietta and George, by Angelica Kauffman, c. 1774. The painting was painted just before Georgiana's marriage to the Duke of Devonshire.
Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia by Maria Cosway circa 1782. Depicted as a character from Spenser's Faerie Queene.