Née Rigby. Journalist and writer on art.
Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake
This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.
Biographical notes
Slavery connections
No known connections with slavery.
Abolition connections
No known connections with abolition.
National Gallery painting connections
Donor: purchased from Lady Eastlake in 1867: NG766, NG767, NG768, NG769, NG770, NG771, NG772, NG773, NG774, NG775; in 1868: NG783. Presented by her in 1867: NG776; in 1870: NG812.
Former owner of NG666, NG1399, NG1400, NG1410, NG1411.1–2, NG1412, NG3911, NG3916, NG3937 and NG4945-4946.
Bibliography
A. M. Ernstrom, 'Eastlake family (2) Lady Eastlake [née Elizabeth Rigby]', in J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T024751
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History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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R. Mitchell, 'Eastlake [née Rigby], Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8415
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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