Art
Self-portrait of Elizabeth Grenville, neé Wyndham
Details
- Date
- mid 18th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 60cm by 40cm
- Material
- Pastel
- Catalogue number
- HBT.101
- Current location
- Blue Room
Elizabeth Grenville, neé Wyndham, 1716-1769, married George Grenville in 1749. He later served as Prime Minister from 1763 to 1765. The couple had seven children, including George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, first Marquess of Buckingham, who inherited the estate of Stowe in Buckinghamshire (where this portrait once hung), and Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville (1759-1834). At Stowe there was a dressing room hung with yellow damask which displayed several of Elizabeths pastels including this self portrait.
