28th Jan, 2021 10:00

Photographs and Works on Paper

 
  Lot 14
 

HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1896) Violet Manners, Dutchess of Rutland

Late Victorian carbon print of Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, mounted on grey card in period frame, 'W&S Ltd' and 'Permanent' printed recto, verso in pencil ‘The Marchioness of Granby c.1885’. image 24.2cm x17.5cm, frame42cm x 35.8cm

Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Lindsay; 7 March 1856 – 22 December 1937) was a British artist and noblewoman, granddaughter of the 24th Earl of Crawford, she married Henry Manners in 1882, she was styled the Marchioness of Granby from 1888 to 1906, when Manners succeeded as Duke of Rutland, she had five children, including the 9th Duke of Rutland and the socialite Lady Diana Cooper, though she had no formal training as an artist, the Duchess painted portraits of her social circle, many of her works were displayed at various major art exhibits in the UK, including the Grosvenor Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the New Gallery.


 

Late Victorian carbon print of Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, mounted on grey card in period frame, 'W&S Ltd' and 'Permanent' printed recto, verso in pencil ‘The Marchioness of Granby c.1885’. image 24.2cm x17.5cm, frame42cm x 35.8cm

Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Lindsay; 7 March 1856 – 22 December 1937) was a British artist and noblewoman, granddaughter of the 24th Earl of Crawford, she married Henry Manners in 1882, she was styled the Marchioness of Granby from 1888 to 1906, when Manners succeeded as Duke of Rutland, she had five children, including the 9th Duke of Rutland and the socialite Lady Diana Cooper, though she had no formal training as an artist, the Duchess painted portraits of her social circle, many of her works were displayed at various major art exhibits in the UK, including the Grosvenor Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the New Gallery.

Auction: Photographs and Works on Paper, 28th Jan, 2021

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8 Rivermead
Pipers Way
THATCHAM
RG19 4EP

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