Gertrude Spencer Stanhope (1857-1944)
Winifred Julia Spencer Stanhope (b. Barnsley c.1873 - 1964)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1887 - circa 1890
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
290 x 265 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288966
Caption
The sitter was the artist’s sister, and was also a painter herself. They were nieces of the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, a friend of Rossetti and Burne-Jones, and often worked at his home, Villa Nutti near Florence. They were also cousins of the painter, Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Gertrude Spencer Stanhope (1857-1944) by Winifred (Wilfreda) Julia Spencer Stanhope (b. Barnsley c.1873 - 1964) circa 1887-90. An unfinished painting of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, sister of the artist, in profile to right, with hair in a bun wearing white shirt and black jacket. Wilfreda and her older sister Gertrude were both painters. Wilfreda was also a sculptor. She exhibited at the Grosvenor and New Galleries and the Royal Society of British Artists between 1885 and 1899. Gertrude exhibited between 1886 and 1909. They were nieces of the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, a friend of Rossetti and Burne-Jones, and often worked at his home the Villa Nutti near Florence. They were also cousins of the painter Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Wightwick 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Typed label on reverse.
Makers and roles
Winifred Julia Spencer Stanhope (b. Barnsley c.1873 - 1964), artist Gertrude Spencer Stanhope (1857-1944), artist