Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

The authorities additionally record the headings Marguerite Blessington, Marguerite Power Farmer Gardiner, Lady Blessington, The Countess of Blessington and Margaret Power. Her recorded language was English.

She was the child of Edmund Power and Ellen Sheehy. She married Charles Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, Maurice St. Leger Farmer and Alfred d'Orsay. Other recorded relations include Marguerite Agnes Power.

What the record establishes about Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington.

Heath's book of beauty : with beautifully finished engravings, from drawings of the first artists / edited by the Countess of Blessington. is dated [1840] and held by Wellcome Collection. Ellen Power, reclining and reading a letter, surrounded by three pet dogs. Etching by T. Landseer, ca. 1841, after E.H. Landseer. is dated [1841?] and held by Wellcome Collection. Flowers of Loveliness; Twelve Groups of Female Figures, Emblematic of Flowers is dated 1835–36 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 33.42.19). Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington is recorded as poet, novelist, salonnière, editor and writer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 4 objects associated with this heading.

Heath's book of beauty. is dated 1833-1847 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 4 objects associated with this heading.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 4 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 4 works under this heading.

The identifiers under which Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q459501.

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1833 to 1841.

Marmaduke Herbert: or, The Fatal Error. Strathern: or, Life at Home and Abroad. A S... The Confessions of an Elderly Lady. The Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre. Flowers of Loveliness; Twelve Groups of Female Figures, Emblematic of Flowers, dated 1835–36, illustrations: stipple engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 33.42.19. Heath's book of beauty : with beautifully finished engravings, from drawings of the first artists / edited by the Countess of Blessington., dated [1840], held by Wellcome Collection. Heath's book of beauty., dated 1833-1847, held by Wellcome Collection. Ellen Power, reclining and reading a letter, surrounded by three pet dogs. Etching by T. Landseer, ca. 1841, after E.H. Landseer., dated [1841?], held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Marguerite, Countess Blessington (1789 - 1849), Romanticism, 2021. Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of (1789–1849), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of (née Margaret Power), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Romantic-Era Women's Writing, 2022. Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of (née Margaret Power), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Romantic-Era Women's Writing, 2025. Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of (née Margaret Power), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Romantic-Era Women's Writing, 2021.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.