Lady Caroline Blackwood
(1931-1996), Writer and artist's muse; former wife of Lucian Freud, and later wife of Israel Citkowitz, and Robert T.S. LowellLady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
Sitter in 10 portraits
Well-known in the literary world for her journalism and novels, she was equally well-known for her high-profile marriages, to the artist Lucian Freud, composer Israel Citkowitz and to the poet Robert Lowell. Blackwood, a descendant of the 18th-century dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan, lived in Northern Ireland until she was seventeen. Her first book, For All I Found There (1973), is a collection of short stories and nonfiction, including reminiscences of life in Northern Ireland. Other works include Corrigan (1984) and On the Perimeter (1984). The Last of the Duchess (1995) recounts her attempts to write about the aging, widowed duchess of Windsor.
Cyril Connolly; Lady Caroline Blackwood
by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1954
NPG P290
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 24 November 1933
NPG x34688
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 24 November 1933
NPG x34689
The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava with her two daughters
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, circa 1935
NPG x30459
Lucian Freud; Lady Caroline Blackwood
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 8 December 1953
NPG x194024
by Lenare
cellulose acetate negative, 20 August 1955
NPG x8116
by Lenare
cellulose acetate negative, 20 August 1955
NPG x8117
by Lenare
cellulose acetate negative, 20 August 1955
NPG x8118
by Lenare
cellulose acetate negative, 20 August 1955
NPG x8119
Related People
- Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (father)
- Maureen Constance Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (née Guinness), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (mother)
- Sheridan Frederick Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (brother)
- Lucian Freud (husband)
- Oonagh Guinness (aunt)
- Lady Perdita Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (sister)
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