Dorothy Wynne Wiggin, Lady Elton (1882-1957)
Ronald Ossory Dunlop, RA (1894 - 1973)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1930
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 610 mm (30 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624150
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Dorothy Wynne Wiggin, Lady Elton (1882-1957) by Ronald Ossory Dunlop, RA (1894-1973), signed: Dunlop, 1930. A portrait of Dorothy Wynne Wiggin, Lady Elton as a young woman, seated, facing, gaze turned to the right, wearing a brown striped shawl and a green beret and working on a piece of tapestry. She married Sir Ambrose Elton, 9th Bt (1882-1951).
Provenance
Purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: Signed: Dunlop
Makers and roles
Ronald Ossory Dunlop, RA (1894 - 1973), artist
References
Clevedon Court [The National Trust] revised 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, p.27: ..the Great Hall.. On the other side of the window, his [Sir Ambrose Elton 9th Bt (1869-1951) wife Dame Dorothy, by Ronald Ossary Dunlop, R.A., clasps a piece of tapestry. Above is her son the tenth Baronet, Sir Arthur Hallam Rice."