Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness of Bristol (1875-1957)
Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 - Middleton in Teesdale 1941)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1915 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1486 x 927 mm (58 1/2 x 36 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851714
Caption
The sitter was the granddaughter and co-heiress of the Victorian railway contractor George Wythes who she married the 4th Marquess in 1896. Her fortune paid not only for the improvements to Ickworth in 1909-11, but also for the endowment, which allowed the transfer of the estate to the National Trust in 1956. The artist admired his mentor John Singer Sargent and tried to follow in his footsteps stylistically in order to become as popular with fashionable Edwardian society for commissions.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness of Bristol (1875-1957) by Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 – Middleton in Teesdale 1941), signed and dated top left: R.G.Eves. 1915. A three-quarter-length portrait of a mature woman, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, seated in an armchair and wearing a blue dress; dark hair. Dark interior background.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Makers and roles
Reginald Grenville Eves, RA (London 1876 - Middleton in Teesdale 1941), artist