The Facts
The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two portraits of Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (1785–1862), a prominent society hostess. One is a lithograph by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after George Dodgson Tomlinson, made circa 1825–1850. The other is a photogravure by Walter L. Colls. The gallery offers prints of these portraits for purchase, with unframed prints starting at around £6 and framed prints at £16.
The Signal
The portraits reflect the gallery's ongoing digitisation and public access efforts, making historic images available for study and purchase. The inclusion of a circa 1825–1850 lithograph and a photogravure demonstrates the range of reproduction techniques used to disseminate aristocratic likenesses in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This record underscores how museum collections preserve social history through portraiture.
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- Artists: Richard James Lane, George Dodgson Tomlinson, Walter L. Colls
- People: Henrietta Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (Countess Granville)
- Museums: National Portrait Gallery
- Locations: London
- Prices: £6, £16
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