Elizabeth, Lady Melbourne and Son
Sir Joshua Reynolds (after) 1723 - 1792
Summary
Portrait after Reynolds of Lady Elizabeth Melbourne (c.1751-1818) and her son, Peniston Lamb. She is seated full-length, directed to left but facing to front, holding up her infant son who is on top of his cradle; he puts his arms around her neck; curtain above, landscape seen through window to left. Lady Melbourne (nee Milbanke) was a friend of the poet Lord Byron and a lover of George, Prince of Wales. She was a well known and very influential woman in Regency society.
Object Name
Elizabeth, Lady Melbourne and Son
Creators Name
Date Created
1775
accession number
1920.346
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
Mezzotint
Credit
Dr David Lloyd Roberts bequest, 1920
, Josiah Wedgwood, 1920.155.1200x1200.jpg)
, Duchess of Devonshire, 1918.664.1200x1200.jpg)
, Samuel Cousins.1200x1200.jpg)
