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Art collector; wife of 2nd Baron Aberconway
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Art patron and writer on needlework; first wife of John Hume Cust, Viscount Alford; daughter of 2nd Marquess of Northampton
Sitter in 9 portraits 
Patron of art and collector
Sitter associated with 68 portraits 
Merchant banker and patron of the arts
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse and patron of the arts; daughter of Sir John and Lady Horner; wife of Raymond Asquith
Sitter in 10 portraits 
Liberal politician and patron of art
Sitter in 9 portraits | Artist associated with 116 portraits 
Art dealers, collectors and patrons
209 People in group
Christabel Mary Melville (née Macnaghten), Lady Aberconway
1890-1974Art collector; wife of 2nd Baron Aberconway
Sitter in 1 portrait
Marianne Margaret Egerton (née Compton), Viscountess Alford ('Lady Marian Alford')
1817-1888Art patron and writer on needlework; first wife of John Hume Cust, Viscount Alford; daughter of 2nd Marquess of Northampton
Sitter in 9 portraits
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
1585-1646Patron of art and collector
Sitter associated with 68 portraits
John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton
1928-2020Merchant banker and patron of the arts
Sitter in 1 portrait
Katharine Frances Asquith (née Horner)
1885-1976Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse and patron of the arts; daughter of Sir John and Lady Horner; wife of Raymond Asquith
Sitter in 10 portraits
1723-1810
Art dealer, printmaker and Captain
Sitter associated with 4 portraits | Artist associated with 18 portraits
Art dealer, printmaker and Captain
Sitter associated with 4 portraits | Artist associated with 18 portraits
Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea
1843-1907Liberal politician and patron of art
Sitter in 9 portraits | Artist associated with 116 portraits
1875-1968
Mining engineer, art collector and philanthropist
Sitter in 7 portraits
Mining engineer, art collector and philanthropist
Sitter in 7 portraits
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