Winifred Margaret Watson-Armstrong (1894-1912)
Thomas Bowman Garvie (Morpeth 1859 - 1944)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1912 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
415 x 340 mm
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230354
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Winifred Margaret Watson-Armstrong (1894-1912) by Thomas Bowman Garvie (Morpeth 1859 – Northumberland 1934), signed and dated, bottom left: T. B. GARVIE 1912. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, her head turned back to face the viewer, wearing a grey dress, white scarf, and orange and white scarf around her hair. The daughter of William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1863-1941), and his first wife, Winifreda Adye (1860-1914), Winifred Watson-Armstrong died aged 18 in 1912, the year in which this portrait was painted.
Provenance
Armstrong collection; transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: T. B. GARVIE / 1912
Makers and roles
Thomas Bowman Garvie (Morpeth 1859 - 1944), artist