The Hon. Edith Violet Kathleen Agar-Robartes (1888-1965)
Richard Jack RA (Sunderland 1866 – Montreal 1952)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1914 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884927
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Violet Agar-Robartes (1888-1965) by Richard Jack (Sunderland 1866 – Montreal 1952), signed and dated bottom right: R. JACK. 1914. A three-quarter length portrait of the third daughter of the 6th Viscount Clifden. She is seated to the right and is wearing a pale yellow dress with a long bead necklace and a blue cloak. She is holding a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel on her lap.
Provenance
given by the sitter's brother, Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883-1966), with the transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (The National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: (bottom right) R. Jack. 1914 Recto: Honble. Violet Agar-Robartes / R. JACK
Makers and roles
Richard Jack RA (Sunderland 1866 – Montreal 1952), artist