Katherine Parr, Lady Croft (c.1878-1966)
Sir William Samuel Henry Llewellyn PRA (Cirencester 1858 – London 1941)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1900 - 1941
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1475 x 1090 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Croft Castle, Herefordshire
NT 537620
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Katherine Parr, Lady Croft (c.1878-1966) by Sir William Samuel Henry Llewellyn (1858-1941). A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, seated, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, brown hair dressed high, her left hand on her knee and her right hand resting on the arm-rest of the highly carved chair, wearing a white dress beneath a dark wrap-over gown. Daughter of Charlton Parr, second wife of Sir Herbert Archer Croft.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Mrs Elinor Parr, sister of Sir James Croft, 11th Bt (1907 -1941), 1985
Credit line
Croft Castle, The Croft Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir William Samuel Henry Llewellyn PRA (Cirencester 1858 – London 1941), artist