Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire English aristocrat and socialite Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, was BOTD in 1757. Born in London, the eldest child of the 1st Earl Spencer, she had an unusually happy childhood for a mem…

English aristocrat, socialite and bisexual hot mess Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire was BOTD in 1757. #georgianaspencer #georgianscavendish #duchessofdevonshire #supergays #bornonthisday

#JeanUrbainGuérin (1761-1836)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay, with Lady #ElizabethFoster (1758-1824)
1791
Wallace Collection
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

#GainsboroughDupont (1754-97)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay
1787-96
National Gallery of Art
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

Thomas #Gainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay
1783
National Gallery of Art
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

Joshua #Reynolds (1723-92)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay, with daughter Lady Georgiana Cavendish (Little G) (1783-1858)
ca. 1785
Chatsworth
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

#MariaCosway (1760-1838)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1781-2
Chatsworth
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

#RichardCosway (1742-1821)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay
1774-82
Royal Collection
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

#JeremiahMeyer (1735-89)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1774
Royal Collection
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

Joshua #Reynolds (1723-92)
Portrait of #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire, who was #BornOnThisDay
1775-6
The Huntington
#GeorgianaSpencer #Cavendish

Georgiana Spencer

#OnThisDay in 1876, #ThomasGainsborough's portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire garnered the highest price ever paid for a #painting at auction. #GeorgianaSpencer was the first woman not of royal blood to participate directly in British party politics...

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