Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning
British artist and the first vicereine of India (1817-1861) · Artists · Died at 44
Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning was a British aristocrat, artist and the first Vicereine of India. She was one of India's most prolific women artists - two portfolios in the Victoria and Albert Museum contain some 350 watercolours by her, the result of four major tours in the country.
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Charlotte Stuart with her mother and sister, by George Hayter in 1830
Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers by Jerry Barrett, 1859, with Lady Canning in attendance
Watercolour by Lady Canning, of the Hill Fort of Kangra, Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, 1860
Photographed by Henry Hering for a carte de visite around 1860About this person
Her husband was Charles Canning, who served as Governor-General of India from 1856 to 1858 and then as Viceroy of India until 1862.
