Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908) with her son The Hon. John Holford Parker (1886-1955)
Ellis William Roberts (Burslem 1860 – Brighton 1930)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1891
Materials
Pastel, paper, giltwood and glass.
Measurements
750 x 612 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871182.2
Summary
Pastel on paper, Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908) with her son The Hon. John Holford Parker (1886-1955) by Ellis William Roberts (Burslem 1860 – Brighton 1930). One of a pair of pastel portraits in carved giltwood frames and glazed. This portrait is of Margaret Parker (nee Holford), 3rd Countess and their youngest son, John Holford Parker.Reportedly painted in 1891 and subsequently reduced to its present dimensions.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1957 and given to NT by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley as part of the Endowment
Makers and roles
Ellis William Roberts (Burslem 1860 – Brighton 1930), artist