A Sketch at St. Albans–or Shaving the new Maid Dutchess!!!

June 1827

Not on view

This satire concerns the 1827 marriage of the young 9th Duke of St. Albans to the wealthy Harriot Beaufort Coutts (widow of the banker Thomas Coutts). Their alliance, made when she was fifty and he twenty-six, brought Harriet a title and her husband needed financial resources.

Artwork Details

Title: A Sketch at St. Albans–or Shaving the new Maid Dutchess!!!
Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank (British, London 1789–1856 London)
Publisher: George Humphrey (British, 1773?–1831?)
Subject: Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St. Albans (British, 1777–1837)
Subject: Thomas Coutts (British, 1735–1822)
Subject: William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St. Albans (British, 1801–1849)
Date: June 1827
Medium: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 14 3/4 in. (25.1 × 37.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.888-113
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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