Mary Blathwayt, Mrs Vivian Eccles Skrine (1858-1919)
Helen Blanche Buckley (1860 - 1953)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1888
Materials
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
110 x 73 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453448
Summary
Portrait miniature, watercolour painting on ivory, Mary Blathwayt, Mrs Vivian Eccles Skrine (1858 - 1919) by Helen Blanche Buckley (1860 - 1963). 1888, Oval. Head and shoulders portrait of a woman, turned to the left, gazing to the left, in a black flecked dress and a rope of pearls. Brown eyes, black hair, pale complexion modelled with bluish wash. Blue-green background. Daughter of Rev. Richard Vesey Blathwayt, married c.1888 Rev. Vivian Eccles Skrine. (1858 - 1942). Old no DYR.P.3. Inscribed - Girdlers' company backing card Mary Blathwayt 1888 Helen Blanche Buckley.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Marks and inscriptions
Girdlers' company backing card Mary Blathwayt 1888 Helen Blanche Buckley
Makers and roles
Helen Blanche Buckley (1860 - 1953), miniaturist