Friday, July 30, 2010

William Roberts Symonds - Portrait of The Hon. Lady Violet Agar-Robartes



[Portrait of The Hon. Lady Violet Agar-Robartes (1888-1965) of Lanhydrock, Cornwall]

Price Realized £1,175

signed with initials 'W. R. S.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 x 12 in. (43.1 x 30.5 cm.)

Violet Agar-Robartes (1888-1965) was the youngest sister of the 7th Viscount Clifden and was from the 9th and last generation of the Robartes family to live at Lanhydrock. The house, which is near Bodmin in Cornwall, was given to the National Trust in 1953.

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