Mervyn Caverall Mander (1910 - 1978), aged 3
Elinor M. Barnard (1872 - 1942)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1912 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
590 x 360 mm
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288062
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Mervyn Mander (1910 - 1978), aged 3 by Elinor M. Barnard (b.London 1872), signed and dated "E Barnard 12". A fill-length portrait, wearing a blue smock with black belt and holding 'Flutterby Albert', a toy dog. Although of the same date as the portrait of Mavis, this is both more informal and more detailed. Mervyn is shown holding a favourite toy, full-length but taking up much less of the picture space. The setting is fully detailed and identifiable, and the picture is painted in much more dense colour than Barnard's portraits of Mavis or Elizabeth Mander [although this contrast may be partly because the others are somewhat faded]. Mervyn Mander (1910 - 1978) was the second child of Geoffrey Mander and his first wife Rosalind Florence Caverhill. The portrait shows him in the Morning Room at Wightwick, with a view through the door into the Upper Hall.
Provenance
On Loan to the National Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
E Barnard 12 (signed bottom left)
Makers and roles
Elinor M. Barnard (1872 - 1942)