Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
(1856-1937), Artist; wife of 8th Duke of Rutland(Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
Sitter in 12 portraits
Artist associated with 71 portraits
Never formally trained in art, Violet Manners was one of the first exhibitors at the Grosvenor Gallery when it opened in 1877, and she continued to exhibit extensively throughout her life, including at the Royal Academy and the Fine Art Society. She published a selection of her Portraits of Men and Women, drawings of people in her social circle, in 1900. Manners was one of the central figures of the Souls, a group of aristocrats formed in the 1870s-90s, who came together because of their shared intellectual interests and avant-garde artistic taste.
Theodosia Bagot (née Leslie, later Swann)
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1899
NPG D23395
Rachel (née Gurney), Countess of Dudley
by Frederick John Jenkins, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
heliogravure, (1899)
NPG D35599
William Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
after (Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (née Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1899
NPG D5550
Charlotte Monckton Lister (née Tennant), Lady Ribblesdale
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1900 or before
NPG D23360
Helen Venetia (née Duncombe), Viscountess D'Abernon
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1900 or before
NPG D23366
Lady Susan Mary Keppel Townley (née Keppel)
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1900 or before
NPG D23371
Pamela Frances Audrey Bulwer-Lytton (née Chichele-Plowden), Countess of Lytton
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1900 or before
NPG D23385
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1900 or before
NPG D23386
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
collotype, (1901)
NPG D31604
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, circa 1911
NPG D20794
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
photogravure, circa 1911
NPG D9863
Related People
- Victoria Marjorie Harriet Paget (née Manners), Marchioness of Anglesey (daughter)
- Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich) (daughter)
- Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (husband)
- John Henry Montagu Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland (son)
- Lady Isabel Violet Kathleen Throckmorton (née Manners) (granddaughter)
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