Women writers
153 People in group
Victoria Marjorie Harriet Paget (née Manners), Marchioness of Anglesey
1883-1946Writer and artist; wife of 6th Marquess of Anglesey; daughter of 8th Duke of Rutland
Sitter in 16 portraits
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
1887-1960Author and Private Secretary to JM Barrie; wife of Herbert Asquith; daughter of 11th Earl of Wemyss and March
Sitter in 8 portraits
Janet (née Philip), Lady Beveridge
1876-1959Journalist and writer; former wife of David Mair and of 1st Baron Beveridge; daughter of William Philip
Sitter in 2 portraits
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
1789-1849Novelist and beauty; wife of 1st Earl of Blessington
Sitter in 9 portraits
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
1854-1921Society hostess and writer
Sitter in 25 portraits
Novelist, playwright, screenwriter and artist
Sitter in 14 portraits | Artist of 3 portraits
Author, journalist and teacher; daughter of Margaret Forster and Hunter Davies
Sitter in 1 portrait
Marie de Solms (née Studholmina-Maria Bonaparte-Wyse, later Madame Ratazzi)
1833-1902Author, journalist and literary hostess
Sitter associated with 1 portrait
Mary Frances Harriet Dowdall (née Borthwick)
1876-1939Author; wife of H.C. Dowdall; daughter of 19th Baron Borthwick
Sitter in 2 portraits
Novelist; daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Sitter associated with 9 portraits
Margaret Cameron Flower (née Coss)
1907-1998Author; wife of Desmond John Newman Flower
Sitter in 1 portrait
Novelist, short-story writer and biographer of Charlotte Brontë
Sitter in 4 portraits
Cynthia Jebb (née Noble), Lady Gladwyn
1898-1990Political hostess and diarist; wife of 1st Baron Gladwyn
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sarah Grand (Frances Elizabeth Bellenden McFall, née Clarke)
1854-1943Novelist and women's rights campaigner
Sitter in 3 portraits
Writer and broadcaster; Professor of English and Comparative Studies
Sitter in 10 portraits
Helena Clapshaw Grose (Helena Morrell)
1904-1986Novelist; wife of James William Morrell
Sitter in 1 portrait
Dorothy Maud (née Vivian), Countess Haig
1879-1939Writer; wife of 1st Earl Haig; daughter of 3rd Lord Vivian
Sitter in 14 portraits
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