User:Laura1822/portrait misidentifications

Portrait misidentifications, for later inclusion in the project

Portrait	Misidentified as	Correct identification	Description and actions
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	Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745–1761)	Archduke Peter Leopold, later Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (his younger brother)	This image was used in several wiki-projects as a portrait of Archduke Karl Joseph, one of Maria Theresa's sons. The error probably derived from this online exhibition, which identified the portrait as him. The portrait is one of a series of Maria Theresa's children drawn by Jean-Etienne Liotard in 1762. Karl Joseph died in 1761, aged 15. The identification of the sitter as Peter Leopold (later Leopold II) is on the museum's current website. The error was discovered when uploading a new, higher-quality image of the portrait from the museum's website. Lots of pages to correct. Submitted to bot. Need to check if bot or self ever finished corrections. Another of the Liotard series online exhibit (the early one, linked above, with the original low-res gif files that were uploaded to Commons) misidentified Max's portrait as Peter, but the error apparently wasn't copied to Commons (and is now correct on the museum site).
	Princess Augusta Frederica of Wales and Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales	Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719-1772) (her mother)	This image was used in wiki-projects as a portrait of Princess Augusta Frederica of Wales. Not sure where the error originated, as the source clearly identifies her as the Princess of Wales, not her daughter. The portrait of the Princess of Wales bears some superficial similarity to a later portrait of Princess Augusta Frederica of Wales which was engraved several times (images on the NPG site). To confuses the matter further, Princess Augusta Frederica of Wales is identified as "Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales" on the NPG site. Some wikipedia sites title her article with the names Augusta Charlotte, possibly because the English wikipedia article once did (see discussion for the name change on the article's Talk page). I haven't yet found a source that lists all of her baptismal names (or her mother's). She was not Princess Royal, because she was never daughter of a sovereign (she would have been had her father survived--though probably not if she were married before he succeeded). Princess Augusta also had her portrait painted by Liotard (in pastels) in 1754 at the same time as her mother, who commissioned him to paint portraits of her entire family at that time. The file has all been renamed, but needs to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects.
	Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham	Lady Elizabeth Conyngham, her daughter, by Sir Thomas Lawrence	also File:Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Conyngham (1821–1824).jpg and File:Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Conyngham (1821–1824, WGA12516).jpg. This misidentification, together with the one below of Mrs. Lowndes-Stone, is very persistent. Both portraits are in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon) and were apparently widely published in early digital (and possibly print) collections with incorrect titles, which caused confusion and persistent misidentifications. This portrait may have been misidentified by the museum, and perhaps also at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, where it was loaned in the 1950s. The correct identification is in the published literature and catalogs of Lawrence's works as "Lady Elizabeth Conyngham," a title which the Marchioness never bore (the details being too arcane to explain here). The portrait could not be of the Marchioness Conyngham because the costume (and the literature) dates it to 1821-24, when the Marchioness (then still only Countess) was more than 50 years old, while the sitter is clearly quite young. The only portraits available of the Marchioness are either small or in black and white, which may be another reason why the incorrect ones keep being reintroduced. In 1826 Lady Elizabeth married Lord Strathavon (eldest son of the 5th Earl of Aboyne), who became Earl of Aboyne in 1836 when his father became Marquess of Huntley. The Countess of Aboyne died three years later, in 1839, almost fifteen years before her father-in-law, so she was never Marchioness of Huntly. These files have all been renamed, but need to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects. One copy been kept in the Marchioness's article with explanations to prevent others from adding them to the article with a misidentification.
	"Lady Elizabeth Conyngham" by Sir Thomas Lawrence, misinterpreted as Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham (both being wrong)	Mrs. Lowndes-Stone, c. 1775, by Sir Thomas Gainsborough	also File:Mrs. Lowndes-Stone, c. 1775, by Thomas Gainsborough.png. Like the above portrait, this is in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon) and was apparently widely published in early digital (and possibly print) collections as "Lady Elizabeth Conyngham by Sir Thomas Lawrence," which caused confusion and persistent misidentifications; it may have been misidentified by the museum itself. Aside from its being by Gainsborough rather than Lawrence, it cannot be the Marchioness because it was painted when she was six years old. Files renamed and fixed across wiki projects. Need to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects. A copy of this is also kept in the Marchioness's article with explanation to prevent others from adding it to the article with a misidentification.
	"Sarah Villiers, Viscountess of Jersey," i.e., Sarah Sophia Fane, Countess of Jersey	her mother, Sarah Anne Child, Countess of Westmorland	This portrait was misidentified on the verso of the item itself, listed in an auction sale catalog, and then uploaded to Commons as "Sarah Villiers, Viscountess of Jersey" (no such person ever existed). This identification was presumably meant to indicate the subject's daughter, Lady Sarah Sophia Fane, later Viscountess Villiers, and then Countess of Jersey. It appears instead to be a portrait of her mother, the Countess of Westmorland, who was also named Sarah. The date of the portrait is given as 1786, which is probably correct based on clothing style. Sarah Fane, the daughter, was born in 1785, and the portrait looks similar to other portraits of Lady Westmorland, who died in 1794. The file has all been renamed, but needs to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects.
	Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Lady Elizabeth Foster, and Viscount Althorp (or the Duke of Devonshire), ca. 1780, by Sir Thomas Lawrence	A 1774 portrait by Angelica Kauffmann of the three children of the first Earl Spencer: Lady Georgiana Spencer (later Duchess of Devonshire); Lady Henrietta Spencer (later Countess of Bessborough); and Viscount Althorp (later 2nd Earl Spencer)	Despite numerous publications with the correct identifications, this portrait appears on sites like pinterest, myspace, and Flickr with Bess Foster's name substituted for Henrietta, and attributing the portrait to Thomas Lawrence (who, leaving aside stylistic differences, would have been eleven years old when the portrait was alleged to have been painted, and five when it actually was painted). The error was copied to Commons when the image was uploaded here. File renamed and references corrected, but needs to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects.
	Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, ca. 1800, by Romney	Mrs. James Fletcher (née Fell), ca. 1765, by Romney	This portrait was apparently (randomly?) chosen by a Flickr and/or myspace user who affected to create a personal album in the persona of Lady Bessborough. The error persists on sites like pinterest. The error was copied to Commons when the image was uploaded here. File renamed and references corrected, but needs to be re-checked for incorrect usage across wiki projects.
	The children of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville	The children of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, i.e., the younger Granville and his elder sisters	This portrait was chosen by a Flickr and/or myspace user who affected to create a personal album in the persona of Lady Bessborough. Despite numerous publications with the correct identification, the error appears to come from the ambiguity of the father and son both being named "Granville Leveson Gower." The error persists on sites like pinterest. The error was copied to Commons when the image was uploaded here. Files renamed and references corrected, but needs to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects.
	Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville with his wife and children (both legitimate and illegitimate), by Thomas Lawrence	unknown family, by Thomas Phillips	This portrait is included in books about Lady Bessborough with this identification. However, the ages and sexes of Granville's children do not fit here (the eldest child [b. 1800] was female; eight years separate the youngest child by Lady Bessborough from the eldest child [b. 1810] by Lady Harriet Cavendish; if the children by Lady Bessborough are omitted, then the eldest two children should be female), nor do the adults bear any great resemblence to Granville or Harriet. The children are listed with birthdates at Genealogics. The costumes do not prove a solid date for the portrait: it could be anywhere from circa 1800-1825. The only thing of significance appears to be that the mother and eldest two boys appear to be wearing mourning. Regardless of moving the date within that range, it is impossible to make the ages and sexes of the children fit. Some websites identify this as the family of Granville's elder brother, the 2nd Duke of Sutherland, but he did not marry until 1823 and his elder son was born in 1828, after three daughters. (None of Lawrence's portraits have this sort of setting or format.) The file has been renamed, but needs to be re-checked for duplicates and incorrect usage across wiki projects.
	Princess Alice of the United Kingdom	Princess Helena of the United Kingdom	Found in Royal Collection, RCIN 2900301. Renamed file. Added missing template fields, filled in date and photographer, title with name, dates, link, reference to Royal Collection. Added note on Talk page (the subject having been previously raised and challenged by the uploader). Corrected and added categories. Would be a good idea to upload separately a cropped Royal Collection version, as it is both higher res and better preserved, and has more data such as size and technique.