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Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy

(1882-1953), Writer; wife of Sir Desmond MacCarthy

Sitter in 11 portraits

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The Memoir Club, by Vanessa Bell - NPG 6718

The Memoir Club

by Vanessa Bell
oil on canvas, circa 1943
NPG 6718

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax140325

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1912
NPG Ax140325

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140327

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1912
NPG Ax140327

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140329

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1912
NPG Ax140329

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, by Unknown photographer - NPG Ax140331

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1912
NPG Ax140331

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, by Philip Edward Morrell - NPG Ax140483

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1914
NPG Ax140483

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy; Michael MacCarthy, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140485

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy; Michael MacCarthy

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1915
NPG Ax140485

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax141464

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141464

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, by Philip Edward Morrell - NPG Ax142212

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142212

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends, by Philip Edward Morrell - NPG Ax142214

Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends

by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142214

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy, by Ray Strachey - NPG D217

Mary ('Molly') MacCarthy (née Warre-Cornish), Lady MacCarthy

by Ray Strachey
oil on board, late 1920s or early 1930s
NPG D217

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