Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972)
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (London 1879 - London 1972)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1923
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1181 x 959 mm (46 1/2 x 37 3/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608972
Caption
The sitter was the daughter of William Stokes Hulton (1852-1921) and Costanza Mazini, who lived in the Palazzo Donà, Venice. Her father was a painter, whose artist friends included Sickert and Sargent, whilst her mother was half-Italian and brought links with the literary and artistic community of Florence. In 1919 Teresa married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill (1877-1947), 8th Lord Berwick, while he was serving in Italy during the First World War. Teresa had worked with the Italian army throughout the war, receiving the Croce di Guerra for her service. She and her husband bequeathed Attingham to the National Trust in 1976. The chair on which Lady Berwick sits is one of the Empire set from the Drawing Room at Attingham Park, and the blue Fortuny cloak is kept in store there.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972) by Sir Gerald Festus Kelly , PRA (London 1879 – London 1972), 1923. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated in white satin dress and blue Fortuny coat, her hands on her lap. The chair on which she sits is one of the white and gilt Italian pinewood chairs at Attingham of c.1810. She is wearing an evening cloak from Mariano Fortuny, Venice, circa 1923, which is preserved in the Attingham collection (see National Trust Inventory Number 609818). See also National Trust Inventory Numbers 608166.2.1 and 608166.2.2 showing one of pair of chairs in which Lady Berwick is sitting. Daughter of William Stokes Hulton (1852-1921) and Costanza Mazini (1863–1939); married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30 June 1919
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Gerald Festus Kelly (London 1879 - London 1972), artist
References
National Trust studies 1981 / 1980., Merlin Waterson, “Lady Berwick, Attingham and Italy” National Trust Studies 1981, pp.43-68: Part I National Trust studies 1981 / 1980., Merlin Waterson, “Lady Berwick, Attingham and Italy” National Trust Studies 1981, pp.43-68: Part II Lees-Milne 1992 James Lees-Milne, People and Places. Country House Donors and the National Trust, London 1992, pp.57-63 Attingham Park, Shropshire 2000 [The National Trust: Belinda Cousins] 2000, “He [Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Lord Berwick] met his future wife while serving in Italy during the First World War. Teresa Hulton, who married the 8th Lord Berwick in Venice in 1919, had been brought up in that city and had worked with the Italian army throughout the war, receiving the Croce di Guerra for her service. Her father was a painter, whose artist friends included Sickert and Sargent, whilst her mother was half-Italian and brought links with the literary and artistic community of Florence, including the Brownings and Berensons.”.52