Lady Marjorie Manners, later Marchioness of Anglesey (1883-1946), aged 17
Sir James Jebusa Shannon RA (Auburn 1862 – London 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1900
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1041 x 711 mm (41 x 28 in)
Place of origin
England.
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175973
Caption
This is an almost sentimental portrait of Lady Marjorie Manners, aged seventeen who was the daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland and Lady Violet Lindsay and later became the 6th Marchioness of Anglese.y It is an intimate and innocent portrayal of a young girl on the eve of womanhood, stroking her pug dog. The painting is a replica of another at Belvoir Castle by the American artist, who, along with his compatriot, John Singer Sargent, was a leading society portrait painter in Britain at the time.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Marjorie Manners, later Marchioness of Anglesey (1883-1946), aged 17 by James Jebusa Shannon (Auburn, NY 1862 - London 1923), 1900. A three-quarter length portrait of Lady Manners, aged seventeen, wearing a dark grey dress with white collar and cuffs, flowers at her neck and stroking her pug dog. The painting is a replica of another at Belvoir; she was the daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland.
Makers and roles
Sir James Jebusa Shannon RA (Auburn 1862 – London 1923), artist