1. Mary Isham (also on cover). Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
2. Mary Isham pencil drawing by Frank Wilkin, 1791–1842. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
3. Justinian Isham 8th Baronet. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
4. Mariette Isham pencil drawing by Frank Wilkin, 1791–1842. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
5. Justinian Isham 9th Baronet. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
6. Harriet Leveson Gower by Thomas Barber, 1809. (Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection. Licence purchased from The National Trust). (also on cover)
7. Charles Isham 10th Baronet. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
8. Lord Granville Leveson Gower, later first Earl Granville by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c.1804–1809. From Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
9. Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, and the Rt Hon. Lady Georgiana Cavendish, print made by George Keating in 1787 after Sir Joshua Reynolds. From Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
10. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough by Thomas Rowlandson, 1790 (Georgiana is on the left and her sister on the right). From Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
11. Lady Elizabeth Foster, Print by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1787 after Sir Joshua Reynolds. From Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.
12. Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland. Statue in Elizabeth Saloon. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
13. Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland by John Hoppner c.1799–1810. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
14. John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland c.1794–6, by John Hoppner. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
15. John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland by George Sanders, 1820. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
16. Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland as Chatelaine of the House by George Sanders (also on cover). Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
17. Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland on horseback by George Sanders, after 1824. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
18. Lamport Hall Sketch of the 1761 West Front by James Blackemore. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
19. Lamport Hall Sketch of the 1761 North Front by James Blackemore. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
20. Lamport Hall drawing by George Clarke, 1825, showing Mary’s changes. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
21. Belvoir Castle model of the old house. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
22. Belvoir Castle and the Dairy engravings 1837. From Ancestry Images.
23. Belvoir Castle engravings 1829. From Ancestry Images.
24. Engraving of the inside of Elizabeth Manners mausoleum. From The British Library Flikr Account.
25. Belvoir Castle Elizabeth Saloon. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.
26. Chiswick House, London, etching by Samuel Lysons, 1796. From Ancestry Images.
27. Lamport Hall today (also on cover). Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.
28. Belvoir Castle today. Author photograph.