VIOLET MANNERS, DUCHESS OF RUTLAND (BRITISH 1856-1937), PORTRAIT OF

VIOLET MANNERS, DUCHESS OF RUTLAND (BRITISH 1856-1937) PORTRAIT OF DIANA MANNERS Pencil and watercolour collage Signed and inscribed Diana (lower left) 33 x 26cm (12 x 10in.) Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay, granddaughter of 24th Earl of Crawford, was regarded as one of the great beauties of her day. In 1882, she married Henry Manners, who became 8th Duke of Rutland in 1906. She established a career as an artist and sculptor who exhibited internationally in London, Paris and America. She became a leading member of the loosely knit group of intellectual aristocrats, The Souls, which formed in the 1870s. The present portrait is of the artist’s youngest daughter, Lady Diana Manners, who was one of the most painted and photographed women of her day. In 1919 she married the diplomat, Duff Cooper (later Viscount Norwich) and partly to help finance her husband’s political career, she turned to the stage. Condition Report: The work was not examined out of its glazed frame. The sheet is slightly discoloured and there is scattered foxing throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer, VIOLET MANNERS, DUCHESS OF RUTLAND (BRITISH 1856-1937), PORTRAIT OF DIANA MANNERS, VIOLET MANNERS, DUCHESS OF RUTLAND (BRITISH 1856-1937) PORTRAIT OF DIANA MANNERS Pencil and watercolour collage Signed and inscribed Diana (lower left) 33 x 26cm (12 x 10in.) Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay, granddaughter of 24th Earl of Crawford, was regarded as one of the great beauties of her day. In 1882, she married Henry Manners, who became 8th Duke of Rutland in 1906. She established a career as an artist and sculptor who exhibited internationally in London, Paris and America. She became a leading member of the loosely knit group of intellectual aristocrats, The Souls, which formed in the 1870s. The present portrait is of the artist’s youngest daughter, Lady Diana Manners, who was one of the most painted and photographed women of her day. In 1919 she married the diplomat, Duff Cooper (later Viscount Norwich) and partly to help finance her husband’s political career, she turned to the stage. Diana, The Souls, Condition Report:, The work was not examined out of its glazed frame. The sheet is slightly discoloured and there is scattered foxing throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer

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