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Maker(s):Landseer, Edwin Henry
Culture:British (1802-1873)
Title:Georgiana, The Duchess of Bedford, at a Window
Date Made:ca. 1829-1830
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on canvas
Accession Number:  AC 1978.112
Credit Line:Museum purchase
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Landseer, a child prodigy, studied with Benjamin Haydon and became an Associate of the Royal Academy at 24. He was best known for his animal paintings favored by Queen Victoria.
The Duke of Bedford was a personal friend and an early art patron. Landseer, a frequent guest at his home, Woburn Abbey, often drew and painted his young second wife, Georgianna. Her intimate friendship with Landseer lasted from 1823 until her death in 1853 and he is considered the father of her two younger children.

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