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Preparatory work

Countess of Onslow, née the Honourable Violet Marcia Catherine Warwick Bampfylde; wife of 5th Earl 1928

Full-length slightly to the right with head turned and looking to the left; seated on a green upholstered chair with gold carved finials, wearing a sleeveless black evening dress and a long necklace, her right hand to her side, her left raised to her breast, an arrangement  vase of flowers just indicated beside her

Oil on board, 40.6 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.)

Inscribed verso: Study / Re Lady / Onslow / portrait / 1928 / PAdeL

Sitters’ Book II, f. 60: Violet Onslow August. 1st 1928

Studio Inventory, p. 75 (405): Study of the Countess of Onslow

Private Collection

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