Portrait of Ada Lovelace is an 1836 portrait painting by the British artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter depicting the mathematician Ada Lovelace.
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| Artist | Margaret Sarah Carpenter |
| Year | 1836 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 220 cm × 137 cm (85 in × 53.9 in) |
| Location | Government Art Collection, London |
Lovelace was the only daughter of the poet Lord Byron and his estranged wife Lady Byron and was raised by her mother. A contemporary of Charles Babbage she was one of the pioneers of computer science.[1] Carpenter emerged as a prominent female artist of the Regency era, producing fashionable society portraits that drew comparisons to Thomas Lawrence.[2]
Lovelace is depicted in full-length white dress with a red cape over her shoulders. It was painted the year she gave birth to her first child, having married her husband William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace the previous year.[3] The paitiing was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1836.[4] It is today part of the Government Art Collection and in 2023 was loaned to the National Portrait Gallery in London where it is on display.[5]
References
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edit- Adams, Beverley. Ada Lovelace: The World's First Computer Programmer.Pen and Sword History, 2023.
- Barber, Tabitha (ed.) Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain, 1520-1920. Tate Britain, 2024.
- Seymour, Miranda. In Byron's Wake. Simon and Schuster, 2018.
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