Antique Lithograph Of Lady Craven In Oval Tiger Wood Striped Picture Frame Lge
A stunning, eye catching piece! The colour of the frame is fantastic - accompanying the stirring portrait of Lady Craven.
Measuring approximately 25" tall, 21" wide and 2" thick. There is a small crack to one part of the frame but overall in good used condition. Please see pictures for more details and condition.
Lady Craven was certainly a character and a particularly strong woman!
Regency.net describes her as 'The notorious Lady Craven, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth'
The following is an excerpt from their article on her;
Elizabeth, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth, previous married name Lady Craven (17 December 1750 – buried 13 January 1828), was a playwright and author, notorious for her scandalous affairs during her first marriage to Lord Craven.
Early years
Elizabeth Berkeley was born on 17 December 1750, the youngest daughter of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley, and his wife, Elizabeth Drax of Charborough in Dorset.
The infamous Lady Craven
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, from The Beautiful Lady Craven, Lady Craven's memoirs edited by AM Broadley and L Melville (1914)
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, from
The Beautiful Lady Craven, Lady Craven's
memoirs edited by AM Broadley and L Melville (1914)
On 10 May 1767, at the age of 16, Elizabeth married William Craven (1738-91), a man some twelve years her senior. Two years later he became the 6th Baron Craven on the death of his uncle. They had seven children: Elizabeth (1768); Maria (1769) who married William, 2nd Earl of Sefton; William, 1st Earl of Craven (1770); Georgiana; Arabella; Henry Augustus Berkeley (1776); and Keppel Richard (1779).
The marriage, however, was not a success. Both Elizabeth and her husband indulged in affairs, notably Elizabeth’s scandalous liaison with the French ambassador, the Count of Guines, in 1773, which even made it into the pages of the Morning Chronicle.
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