# Portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COSWAY, Richard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cosway-richard-rd1b97432c72377>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 128 x 102 cm

## Commentary

Portrait of Lady Almeria Carpenter c. 1780 Oil on canvas, 128 x 102 cm Private collection The painting portrays the sitter three-quarter-length, in a white dress with a chiffon shawl, in a landscape. Lady Almeria Carpenter \(1752-1809\) was the lady-in-waiting to Maria Walpole, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh \(1736-1807\). The Duchess was the granddaughter of Sir Robert Walpole \(1676-1745\), considered to be the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, although the term itself was not officially recognised until 1905.

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## Attribution

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