Violet Miriam Clay, Lady Vernon (1895-1978)
Frank Cadogan Cowper (Northamptonshire 1877 - Cirencester 1958)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1920
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1625 x 1372 mm (64 x 54 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 653226
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Violet Miriam Clay, Lady Vernon (1895-1978) by Frank Cadogan Cowper (Northamptonshire 1877 - Cirencester 1958), 1920. Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman, seated on a lace covered chaise, turned slightly to the right, glancing to the left, short light brown hair, a single strang pearl necklace, and wearing a pink dress, with flowers at her waist, her right hand holding a large pink ostrich feather, a curtained background. Wife of Francis Lawrance William Lt Commander Lord Vernon R.N. 9th Lord Vernon.
Provenance
Left to the National Trust under the terms of the will of John Lawrance Venables Vernon 10th Lord Vernon August 2000.
Credit line
Sudbury Hall, The Vernon Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1967)
Makers and roles
Frank Cadogan Cowper (Northamptonshire 1877 - Cirencester 1958), artist