Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners, Viscountess Norwich (1892-1986) as Queen Katherine in Henry V by Shakespeare
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (1856-1937)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1903
Materials
Paper and wooden frame
Measurements
480 x 415 mm
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 592629
Summary
Pencil drawing on paper, Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners (later Lady Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich) 1892-1986 dressed as Queen Katherine in William Shakespeare's Henry V. By Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay, Duchess of Rutland (1856-.1937). Head, left profile of of a young woman as Queen Katherine in Henry V. signed 'V.G.' (monogram) 1903.
Full description
Diana Manners was daughter of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland. She was a well known socialite, writer and acress. This image shows her aged 11 and was drawn by her mother, Violet Manners, while taking part in a play with friends and family. The 'VG' monogram stands for 'Violet Granby' - Henry and Violet were style Marquess and Marchiness of Granby until they succeed to the Dukedom in 1906.
Provenance
Frank Green was a family friend of the Manners family who took Diana and her siblings on trips to museums and galleries in London and gave them numerous gifts: "Our fairy godfather...a big-fortuned eccentric who taught us about furniture and architecture and ornament" ('The Rainbow Comes & Goes', Diana Cooper 1958). Lady Diana and her mother also visited Treasurer's House on at least one occasion. Gift of Frank Green with Treasurer's House in 1930.
Makers and roles
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (1856-1937), publisher