Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans

Also known as: Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans; primary name: Mellon, Harriot; other name: (Duchess of) St Albans; other name: Beauclerk, Harriot; other name: Coutts, Harriot
Details: individual; actor/entertainer; British; Female
Life dates: c.1777-1837
Biography: Actress and businesswoman; married Thomas Coutts in 1815, who left her his fortune and share in Coutts bank when he died in 1822; married William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans in 1827. Upon her death, left the majority of her estate to Coutts' grandaughter, Angela Burdett-Coutts, the Victorian philanthropist.

65 related objects

print

Title: Her Grace the Duchess of St Albans |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.30.79 |
Producer name: BIOG130142 Published by:Henry Colburn |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: K,62.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Beau-clerk - for a Banking-concern. |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Making decent or preparing for St Georges day |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8907 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The political, toy-man. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Some-Thing!! peeping at No-Thing |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.185 |
Producer name: BIOG26812 Published by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Fashions for November. Rival lectures. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12279 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:John Watson |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; satirical print

Title: Management-or-Butts & Hogsheads. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12684 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:M Jones |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The new banking company's, scales of equity. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8674 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankAfter:Henry Heath |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The trump, a court card, taken from a party, near St Albans. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8873 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alfred CrowquillPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1828

print; satirical print

Title: The new banking company's, scales of equity. |
Museum number: 1948,0214.913 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankAfter:Henry Heath |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The living skeleton |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The political, toy-man. |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.181 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A visit to court-or- |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A visit to court-or- |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8708 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Stout as ever!!! |
Museum number: 1948,0214.919 |
Producer name: Print made by:J Lewis MarksPublished by:S Knight |
Production date: 1825

print; satirical print

Title: A new farce in high life |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8798 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: K,62.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel John StumpPublished by:Samuel John Stump |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A bold stroke for a wife no chicken hazard!!! |
Museum number: 1935,0522.11.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Mellon, the present Mrs Coutts |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.30.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookePublished by:Simpkin & Marshall |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Lady day at court. O happy dat o joyous hour |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8959 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Coutts |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.30.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel John Stump |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Coutts |
Museum number: 1873,0510.876 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WoolnothAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Beauties of Brighton |
Museum number: 1859,0316.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankAfter:Alfred Crowquill |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Paul Pry at widow c-'s. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8683 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Coutts as Volante |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.30.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1810-1830

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Coutts |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Samuel John Stump |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1880,1211.114 |
Producer name: BIOG47683 Print made by:Samuel John Stump |
Production date: 1803

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: 1902,1011.5704 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon in the character of Mrs Page |
Museum number: 1852,1009.1170 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SayAfter:John James Masquerier |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: 1864,1210.352 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.12.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TurnerAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon in the character of Mrs Page |
Museum number: 1902,1011.4143 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SayAfter:John James Masquerier |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: This is no caricature. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.11306 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Published by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A sketch at St Albans-or-shaving the new maid dutchess!!! |
Museum number: 1876,0510.978 |
Producer name: Print made by:ConnorPublished by:Holbrook |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:Dublin (city)

print; satirical print

Title: This is no caricature. |
Museum number: 1985,0119.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Published by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Dram-a-tic demireps at their morning rehearsal |
Museum number: 1935,0522.9.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:Thomas Tegg |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2795 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Hopwood the elderAfter:Samuel John Stump |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: 1914,0810.156 |
Producer name: BIOG24767 Published by:Dean & Co |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Beau-clerk - for a Banking-concern. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8646 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A bold stroke for a wife no chicken hazard!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8539 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Quid est?- Why Brighton dandies.!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8411 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WilliamsPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1819

print; satirical print

Title: The morning after marriage-or the new Maid Dutchess delighted. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8799 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The honey moon and the man in the moon.-or a peep through a holly-bush. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8810 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Hunt |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Piece of Court Furniture |
Museum number: 1935,0522.3.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PhillipsPublished by:E King |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A sketch at St Albans-or-shaving the new maid dutchess!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8801 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The wedding day |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8791 |
Producer name: BIOG31013 Print made by:Henry Heath |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A frolic at the melon shop in Piccadilly. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8694 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The plaything |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8794 |
Producer name: BIOG31013 Print made by:Henry Heath |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: March of Intellect |
Museum number: 1948,0217.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A sketch at St Albans-or-shaving the new maid dutchess!!! |
Museum number: 1866,0407.282 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A dream of retrospection and ambition |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8868 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:George Humphrey |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Run neighbours, run - St Al-ns is quadrilling it |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9004 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Duet by Surrey Bob and the Duchess of All-Bum, As sung with universal applause at H-ll-y L-dge |
Museum number: 1935,0522.6.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PhillipsPublished by:E King |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: K,62.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Hopwood the elderAfter:Samuel John Stump |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A scene in the honey moon or conjugal felicity |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8880 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Miss Mellon |
Museum number: K,62.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Charles Allingham |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Feasting. During. Pleasure. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8800 |
Producer name: BIOG31017 Print made by:William Heath |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: One of the graces making a man; or Frankenstein outdone. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8809 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PhillipsPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1827

print; satirical print

Title: The ripe melon!!- and musty pumpkin!! Dedicated to the New Maid Dutchess! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8813 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Dram-a-tic demireps at their morning rehearsal |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4962 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:Thomas Tegg |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The presentation of Dollalolla accompanied by the mighty thumb |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8867 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Quid est? - Why Brighton dandies.!!! |
Museum number: 1935,0522.11.158 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WilliamsPublished by:S W Fores |
Production date: 1819

print; satirical print

Title: A view of the grand barge. Presented by the Dutch - S - to his Grace |
Museum number: 1868,0808.8879 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:Thomas McLean |
Production date: 1825-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Management-or-Butts & Hogsheads. |
Museum number: 1859,0316.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:M Jones |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Free entry

Opening hours