Winifred Margaret Watson-Armstrong (1894-1912)
Thomas Bowman Garvie (Morpeth 1859 - 1944)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1912 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
415 x 340 mm
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230354
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Winifred Margaret Watson-Armstrong (1894-1912) by Thomas Bowman Garvie (Morpeth 1859 – Northumberland 1934), signed and dated, bottom left: T. B. GARVIE 1912. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, her head turned back to face the viewer, wearing a grey dress, white scarf, and orange and white scarf around her hair. The daughter of William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1863-1941), and his first wife, Winifreda Adye (1860-1914), Winifred Watson-Armstrong died aged 18 in 1912, the year in which this portrait was painted.
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 left: T. B. GARVIE / 1912
Makers and roles
Thomas Bowman Garvie (Morpeth 1859 - 1944), artist