Lady Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry, DBE (1878-1959)
John Singer Sargent, RA (Florence 1856 - London 1925)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1913 (signed and dated) - 1913 (exh at RA)
Materials
Black chalk on paper, card backing
Measurements
600 x 473 mm (23 ⅝ x 18 ⅝ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220355
Summary
Black chalk on paper, Lady Edith Helen Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry, DBE (1878-1959) by John Singer Sargent, RA (Florence 1856 - London 1925), signed and dated below: John S. Sargent, 1913. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator. A companion to the drawing of 7th Marquess of Londonderry.
Provenance
By family descent to Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) by whom given to the National Trust in 1976
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
John S. Sargent 1913 (signed centre lower left and right)
Makers and roles
John Singer Sargent, RA (Florence 1856 - London 1925), artist