Duchess of devonshire

"Glorious" is a word that comes to mind whenever I visit Chatsworth. Not formidable and chilly like Versailles, but glorious. This is partly to do with the

Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807) — Portrait of Lady Georgiana, Lady Henrietta Frances and George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, 1774 : Althorp, Daventry District, Northamptonshire. England (1200×1594)

Painted by Maria Hadfield Cosway as Cynthia from "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser

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 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.

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The Duchess of Devonshire's death reminds us that the nobility, against the odds, is still going strong

Deborah Cavendish died 90 years old and has witnessed the 20th century up close. She has met anybody who's anybody - Churchill, Hitler, JFK. She is also the last survivor of a remarkable set of women - the Mitford sisters: Nancy, who became a writer, Jessica who became a Communist, Unity who became a Fascist - and Diana who married one. In a special edition of Woman's Hour Jenni talks to 'Debo' - the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire about her life, and the times she lived through. In her…