Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
(1856-1937), Artist; wife of 8th Duke of Rutland(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
Sitter in 12 portraits
Artist associated with 71 portraits
Never formally trained in art, Violet Manners was one of the first exhibitors at the Grosvenor Gallery when it opened in 1877, and she continued to exhibit extensively throughout her life, including at the Royal Academy and the Fine Art Society. She published a selection of her Portraits of Men and Women, drawings of people in her social circle, in 1900. Manners was one of the central figures of the Souls, a group of aristocrats formed in the 1870s-90s, who came together because of their shared intellectual interests and avant-garde artistic taste.
Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich)
by Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
pencil, 1906
NPG 5405
'Miss Madeline Bourke' (possibly Norah Mary Madeleine Lindsay (née Bourke))
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1886
NPG D23396
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1888
NPG D23379
Alberta Victoria (née Paget), Countess of Plymouth
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1888
NPG D23357
Montagu William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1888
NPG D23372
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, 1889 (1888)
NPG D20769
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1889
NPG D23353
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1889
NPG D40036
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1889
NPG D5893
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
etching, 1889 (1888)
NPG D7482
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Charles William Sherborn, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, 1889 (1888)
NPG D9613
Emmeline Mary Elizabeth ('Nina') Cust (née Welby-Gregory)
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1890s
NPG D23401
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1890
NPG D23359
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1890
NPG D23363
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1890
NPG D23382
Emmeline Mary Elizabeth ('Nina') Cust (née Welby-Gregory)
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1890s
NPG D34487
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1890
NPG D42184
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23352
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23361
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23362
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23358
James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23369
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Baron Wantage
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23373
Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23381
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
NPG D23400
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
NPG D23393
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
NPG D23364
Katherine Georgiana Louisa (née Thynne), Countess of Cromer
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
NPG D23378
Sybil Mary (née St Clair-Erskine), Countess of Westmorland
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892 or after
NPG D23380
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
NPG D34486
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1892
NPG D5449
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1893
NPG D23356
Mabel Veronica Batten (née Hatch)
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1893
NPG D23398
Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D23377
Lilias Georgina Rodd (née Guthrie), Lady Rennell
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D23370
Harriet Sarah (née Loyd), Lady Wantage
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D23374
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D23375
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D23376
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D23384
Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1894
NPG D2219
Related People
- Victoria Marjorie Harriet Paget (née Manners), Marchioness of Anglesey (daughter)
- Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich) (daughter)
- Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (husband)
- John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (son)
- Lady Isabel Violet Kathleen Throckmorton (née Manners) (granddaughter)
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