William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1892-1972)
Mary Bernhard (fl.1973)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1973 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
739 x 595 mm
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230356
Caption
This is a posthumous portrait of the 2nd Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, painted a year after he died. In the background we can see Cragside, the property which he inherited from his father in 1941. He served as a Captain in the 7th battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War and was later Consul-General for Siam (Thailand) in Canada.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William John Montagu Watson-Armstrong, 2nd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1892-1972) by Mary Bernhard, signed and dated, botttom right: Bernhard 1973. A posthumous half-length portrait of an elderly man in a landscape, facing the viewer, holding a walking stick in his left hand. A view of Cragside can be seen in the middle distance.
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: Bernard 1973
Makers and roles
Mary Bernhard (fl.1973), artist