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Louisa Baring, Lady Ashburton

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290: 49: 205: 417:, whose studio she first came to in the spring of 1867. Hosmer recalled being immediately smitten by Lady Ashburton's "statuesque beauty" and compared her to a goddess, writing, "There was the same square-cut and grandiose features, whose classic beauty was humanized by a pair of keen dark eyes." Lady Ashburton ordered several pieces of Hosmer's work and soon became a patron. The relationship changed from friendship to romance in the spring of 1868 when the two took a trip to 376: 428:, and by a complicated relationship she had with her daughter's tutor, Margaret Trotter. And no matter how much Harriet liked to consider herself Louisa's "hubby", she, too, had occasional extra-relational involvements. 366:
Mission to Seamen, as well as several clean water initiatives and charitable societies affiliated with religious organizations. The collection was bought by a syndicate of London art dealers in 1907 to be further sold.
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Of fiery temper, insatiable restlessness, and socially ambitious, she collected paintings and important friends with an almost manic need. In her youth, Louisa studied drawing with
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In later life, Lady Ashburton funded a number of buildings with a Christian or social welfare function, including in 1899 Landford Wood Mission Hall, in the village of
196:; 5 March 1827 – 2 February 1903) was a Scottish art collector and philanthropist who had close connections with several artistic and literary figures of the period. 289: 555: 424:
The apparent exclusivity Harriet longed for was threatened by several relationships Louisa had, notably by an approximately three-year involvement with the poet
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Lady Ashburton was known for amassing a large collection of art works and distributing them among her residences at Seaforth Lodge, Melchet Court in
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After a year of ill health, Lord Ashburton died in 1864. Lady Ashburton subsequently had an intimate relationship with the American sculptor
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Fryd, Vivien Green (June 2006). "The "Ghosting" of Incest and Female Relations in Harriet Hosmer's "Beatrice Cenci"".
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Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale
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Lady Ashburton died of breast cancer on 2 February 1903, aged 75, at Kent House, Rutland Gardens,
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Her papers, along with those of other members of the Ashburton family have been deposited at the
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and a benefactor to several noted charities, including the Ashburton Home of Rest and the
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Louisa Caroline Stewart-Mackenzie was born on 5 March 1827 at Seaforth Lodge,
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Stewart-Mackenzie], Louisa Caroline, Lady Ashburton (1827–1903)"
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The Ludovisi goddess : the life of Louisa Lady Ashburton
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Scottish art collector and philanthropist (1827–1903)
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Index

Louisa Caroline Stewart-Mackenzie
The Right Honourable

Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
Scotland
Knightsbridge
London
England
Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton
Mary Mackenzie
James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
née

Mary Mackenzie
Thomas Lawrence
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie
Brahan Castle
Dingwall
Seaforth
Sri Lanka
Corfu
Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands
John Ruskin
Robert Browning
Thomas Carlyle

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