Louisa Greville
British engraver (1743 - c. 1779); daughter of 1st Earl of Warwick
About Louisa Greville
Lived 1743 – 1779 (aged 35–36). Louisa Greville was a British printmaker and aristocrat.
Lady Louisa Augusta Greville (14 April 1743 – buried 11 August 1779) was an English noblewoman and engraver. She was awarded prizes by the Royal Society of Arts.
Family Lady Louisa Greville was born in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire on 14 April 1743. She was the eldest surviving child and daughter of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth Greville, Countess of Warwick. Her parents formally separated in 1765, following her mothers affair with General Robert Clerk.
Greville's brothers were George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, Charles Francis Greville and Robert Fulke Greville and she also had four sisters. Her maternal grandparents were Lord Archibald Hamilton and his second wife, Lady Jane Hamilton.
Artist and engraver Greville was a talented etcher, a medium which was increasingly popular amongst women during the eighteenth century. Other members of Greville's family also practised in watercolours, pencil, pen and engraving, including her brothers and sisters. Most of her surviving artworks are engravings after examples by Annibale Carracci, Salvator Rosa, Marco Ricci and Guercino, among others.
Greville also produced prints of her father's home Warwick Castle, several examples of which survive in the Richard Bull Album kept at The British Museum. The Royal Society of Arts awarded her prizes for her engravings in 1758, 1759 and 1760.
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British engraver (1743 - c. 1779); daughter of 1st Earl of Warwick
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Louisa Greville was born on 14 April 1743 in London.
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Louisa Greville died in 1779.
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Louisa Greville was a printmaker and aristocrat.
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Louisa Greville was British.
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· DBpedia: Lady Louisa Greville
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