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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

5 of 33 portraits of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

by (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy)
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1920
7 7/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (201 mm x 114 mm)
Given by (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy), 1948
Photographs Collection
NPG x339

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Nancy Witcher Astor (née Langhorne), Viscountess Astor (1879-1964), Politician and wife of 2nd Viscount Astor; previous wife of R.G. Shaw; daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne. Sitter in 33 portraits.

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(Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy) (1876-1955), Photographer. Artist associated with 418 portraits, Sitter in 17 portraits.

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Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 187