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Charity (one of a pair)

John Flaxman (1755–1826)

Sir John Soane’s Museum

Charity

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This was a model for the monument to Georgiana, Countess Spencer, at St Mary the Virgin with St John Church in Great Brington. Margaret Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer, née Poyntz, was an English philanthropist. She married John Spencer, one of the wealthiest men of the era, in 1754. One of her three surviving children was the notorious Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. The Spencers became Earl and Countess in 1765, a reward granted by the Duke of Newcastle for John's political loyalty to the Whig party.

Sir John Soane’s Museum

London

Title

Charity

Date

c.1816

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 106.7 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

M961

Acquisition method

acquired by Sir John Soane, before 1837

Work type

Relief

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John Flaxman

1755–1826

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