Beatrice Elizabeth Cowx, Lady Armstrong (1862-1934)
Graham Glen (fl.1895 - 1925)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1900 - 1934
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230348
Caption
Beatrice Cowx was the second wife of William Watson-Armstrong (1863-1941), 1st Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, whom she married in 1916. The eldest daughter of Jonathan Cowx of Tudhoe, Durham, she had been secretary and housekeeper to her husband before their marriage.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Beatrice Elizabeth Cowx, Lady Armstrong (1862-1934), by Graham Glen (fl.1895 – after 1941), signed bottom right G. Glen. A half-length portrait of a woman, in a painted oval, turned to the right, and looking at the viewer. She wears a black dress, with red roses at her bosom.
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 right: G. Glen
Makers and roles
Graham Glen (fl.1895 - 1925), artist