(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland (1856-1937), Artist; wife of 8th Duke of Rutland
Sitter in 12 portraits
Artist associated with 69 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.
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1833
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, published 1888
NPG Ax5427
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
by Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn
photolithograph, 1892
NPG x22147
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
by Michele Schemboche
albumen cabinet card, circa 1892
NPG x144187
by and after Alexander Bassano
bromide print, circa 1902
NPG Ax136812
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
after (Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1891
NPG D23362
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
by Sir William Rothenstein
lithograph, 1897
NPG D20879
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon print on photographer's blue card mount, 1888
NPG x22148
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland when Lady Granby
by Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea
platinum print, 1890s
NPG Ax15679
'The Marchioness of Granby as Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland after Cosway'
by John Thomson, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1899 (1897)
NPG Ax41217
(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x6509
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236
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Related People
Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (husband)
John Henry Montaqu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (son)
Isabel Violet Kathleen (née Manners), Lady Throckmorton (granddaughter)
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