Fig 1. Mary Isham (also on cover). Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 2. Mary Isham pencil drawing by Frank Wilkin (1791-1842). Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 3. Justinian Isham 8th Baronet. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 4. Mariette Isham pencil drawing by Frank Wilkin (1791-1842). Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 5. Justinian Isham 9th Baronet. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 6. Harriet Leveson-Gower by Thomas Barber, 1809. (Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection. Licence purchased from The National Trust). (also on cover)

Fig 7. Charles Isham 10th Baronet. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 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.

Fig 9. Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, and the Rt Honourable Lady Georgiana Cavendish, print made by George Keating in 1787 after Sir Joshua Reynolds. From Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.

Fig 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) – Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

Fig 11. Lady Elizabeth Foster, Print by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1787 after Sir Joshua Reynolds. From Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund.

Fig 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.

Fig 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.

Fig 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.

Fig 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.

Fig 16. Elizabeth Manners, 5th Duchess of Rutland as Chatelaine of the House by George Sanders (this will also be on the cover). Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.

Fig 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.

Fig 18. Lamport Hall Sketch of the 1761 West Front by James Blackemore. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 19. Lamport Hall Sketch of the 1761 North Front by James Blackemore. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 20. Lamport Hall drawing by George Clarke (1825) showing Mary’s changes. Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 21. Belvoir Castle Model of the old house. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.

Fig 22. Belvoir Castle and the Dairy engravings 1837. From Ancestry Images.

Fig 23. Belvoir Castle engravings 1829. From Ancestry Images.

Fig 24. Engraving of the inside of Elizabeth Manners mausoleum. From The British Library Flikr Account.

Fig 25. Belvoir Castle Elizabeth Saloon. Photograph taken by author and reproduced with permission from Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland.

Fig 26. Chiswick House, London, etching by Samuel Lysons, 1796. From Ancestry Images.

Fig 27. Lamport Hall today (also on Cover). Reproduced with kind permission of the Lamport Hall Preservation Trust.

Fig 28. Belvoir Castle today. Author photograph.