Diana Langton, Lady Montgomery-Massingberd (1872 -1963)
Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (Auckland 1880 – 1952)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1943 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
881 x 687 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637643
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Diana Langton, Lady Montgomery-Massingberd (1872 -1963) by Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (Auckland 1880 – 1952), signed and dated, top right: Oswald Birley 1943. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated to right, wearing a blue dress. For biography see No.24. Portrait painted subsequent to the compilation of 1944 catalogue. Companion picture to NT 637642.
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Credit line
Gunby Hall, The Montgomery-Massingberd Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (Auckland 1880 – 1952), artist