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dc.contributor.authorBuck, Adam (British painter and printmaker, 1759-1833)
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-08T21:59:27Z
dc.date.available2008-12-08T21:59:27Z
dc.date.created1807
dc.date.issued1987-07-16
dc.identifier.citationSotheby's, Catalog, 16 July 1987en
dc.identifier.othercgjc1704
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/26031
dc.descriptionEmily Mary Lamb and her son, described here as Lady Cowper and Lord Fordwich, are depicted in this signed and dated watercolor by Buck. 'Emily Mary Lamb was the daughter of Sir Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne and Elizabeth Milbanke. She married, firstly, Sir Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper, son of Sir George Nassau Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper and Hannah Anne Gore, on 20 July 1805. She married, secondly, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston on 16 December 1839. She died on 11 September 1869. As a result of her marriage, Emily Mary Lamb was styled as Countess Cowper on 20 July 1805. From 20 July 1805, her married name became Cowper. From 16 December 1839, her married name became Temple.' (http://www.thepeerage.com/p2721.htm#i27207) 'Sir George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper was born on 26 June 1806. He was the son of Sir Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Emily Mary Lamb. He married Anne Florence de Grey, Baroness Lucas, daughter of Sir Thomas Philip Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest and Lady Henrietta Frances Cole, on 7 October 1833. He died on 15 April 1856 at age 49.He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl Cowper on 27 June 1837.' (www.thepeerage.com/p1139.htm#i11382)en
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dc.format.mediumwatercolor (paint)en
dc.format.mimetypeimage/jpeg
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSir George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl of Cowperen
dc.subjectEmily Mary Lamben
dc.subject.lcshArt--Irishen
dc.subject.lcshWatercolor painting--19th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshPortrait paintingen
dc.subject.lcshFamily in arten
dc.subject.lcshChildren in arten
dc.subject.lcshClothing and dress--History--19th century.en
dc.subject.lcshPalmerston, Emily Lamb, Viscountess, 1787-1869en
dc.titlePortrait of Lady Cowper and her son, Lord Fordwichen
dc.typeImageen
dc.contributor.roleartisten
dc.coverage.cultureIrishen
dc.format.extentdimensions38.5 cm x 30 cm
dc.subject.period19th century
dc.type.workpaintingen


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