Clare Sheridan
(1885-1970), Writer and sculptorSitter in 10 portraits
A cousin of Sir Winston Churchill whom she embarrassed with her wild behaviour. She married in 1910 and had three children, one of whom died in 1914. She modelled an angel for her child's grave and discovered a talent for sculpture. After her husband's death she exhibited her sculptures, including one of Churchill. An admirer of communism, she visited the Soviet Union in 1920. She sculpted Lenin and Trotsky, later publishing her diary. She went to Mexico and America, where she settled, becoming friends with Charlie Chaplin and turning to journalism. Her second trip to Russia, in 1923, was disillusioning. She took her children to live in Turkey and then Algeria and continued to sculpt and write.
Clare Sheridan with her children
by Bertram Park
chlorobromide cream-toned print, feigned oval, 1919
NPG P333
Clare Sheridan creating a bust of Charlie Chaplin
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, November 1921
NPG x198322
by Underwood & Underwood
vintage print, April 1927
NPG x137216
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x222911
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by Unknown photographer
glass negative, 8 May 1937
NPG x137157
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x223241
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tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x223242
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tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x223243
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tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x223244
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tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x223245
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