Anne Margaret Coke

Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson (25 January 1779 – 23 May 1843), was an English painter; the daughter of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham; and wife of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson.

Personal life Lady Anson was born at Holkham Hall on 25 January 1779 to Thomas Coke (who in 1834 was raised to the peerage as Earl of Leicester) and Jane Dutton. She was baptised Ann Margaret Cooke on 23 February 1779.

Artist Susanna Wade Martins in Coke of Norfolk (1754–1842) states that Anne was likely taught to draw by Thomas Gainsborough in Norfolk and London. One of her paintings of a milk girl was made after one of Gainsborough's paintings. She was said to have made a painting of a nest of owls that was considered "very well done" by Benjamin Haydon. Mrs. Powys, who visited Shugborough in 1800, stated that competent works by Anson were in every room of the house, including three full-length paintings of her children.

Animals Sheltering in a Storm, after Philip James de Loutherbourg Thomas William Anson (1795–1854), Later 1st Earl of Lichfield, Anne Margaret Anson (1796–1882), Later Countess of Rosebery, and George Anson (1797–1857), Later Major General and Commander in Chief of India, as Children Elijah and the Ravens, after Teniers