They had been commissioned to this work in 1816 by the Duke of Marlborough
(then still Marquess of Blandford). He had bought the estate of Whiteknights just outside Reading (now the site of Reading University
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Gunning
A rumour arose in London society that EG
was to marry the Marquess of Blandford
, heir to the Duke of Marlborough
.
Gantz, Ida. The Pastel Portrait. Cresset Press.
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Friends, Associates
Susannah Gunning
The duchess was also grandmother of Blandford
(heir to the Duke of Marlborough
), with whose name that of Elizabeth Gunning had been damagingly linked. Her patronage presumably did something to salvage the reputations of...