Lady Ottoline Morrell
(1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward MorrellSitter associated with 600 portraits
Artist associated with 1716 portraits
Patron and society hostess. After travelling widely as a young woman, in 1902 Ottoline married Philip Morrell, a solicitor and later Liberal MP. She established herself as a literary and political hostess at their home in Bloomsbury and from 1915 at Garsington Manor, their home near Oxford. Her social gatherings provided a forum for intellectual interaction and opportunities for writers and artists to meet patrons. Visitors to Garsington included Lytton Strachey, Henry Lamb, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Henry Lamb and Augustus John.
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1913
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by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1913
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by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1913
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Katharine Frances Asquith (née Horner); Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1913
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(Helen) Violet Bonham Carter (née Asquith), Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury; Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1914
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1914
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Lady Ottoline Morrell; Sydney Spencer; William Spencer; Sir Stanley Spencer; Gilbert Spencer
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1914
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1914
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Lady Ottoline Morrell; Maria Huxley (née Nys); Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; Vanessa Bell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, July 1915
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Lady Ottoline Morrell; Maria Huxley (née Nys); Lytton Strachey; Duncan Grant; Vanessa Bell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, July 1915
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Michio Ito; Maria Huxley (née Nys); Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 27 May 1915
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Duncan Grant; Lytton Strachey; Lady Ottoline Morrell; Philip Edward Morrell; Maria Huxley (née Nys)
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, July 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, July 1915
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Charles Gore; Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1916
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1916
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1916
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Related People
- Anne Arianna Gallon (née Goodman) (granddaughter)
- Adrian Martin Goodman (grandson)
- Philip Henry Russell Goodman (grandson)
- Philip Edward Morrell (husband)
- Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell) (daughter)
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