Beatrice Elizabeth Cowx, Lady Armstrong (1862-1934)
George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1928 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1244 x 1004 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230358
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Beatrice Elizabeth Cowx, Lady Armstrong (1862-1934) by George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), signed and dated, bottom left: George Harcourt 1928. A three-quarter-length portrait of the second wife of William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, seated and turned to the right, facing the viewer, in front of a tapestry with a fur-lined cloak over the back of her chair.
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: George Harcourt / 1928
Makers and roles
George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), artist