Lady Ottoline Morrell
(1873-1938), Patron of the arts; half-sister of 6th Duke of Portland; wife of Philip Edward MorrellSitter associated with 600 portraits
Artist associated with 1716 portraits
Patron and society hostess. After travelling widely as a young woman, in 1902 Ottoline married Philip Morrell, a solicitor and later Liberal MP. She established herself as a literary and political hostess at their home in Bloomsbury and from 1915 at Garsington Manor, their home near Oxford. Her social gatherings provided a forum for intellectual interaction and opportunities for writers and artists to meet patrons. Visitors to Garsington included Lytton Strachey, Henry Lamb, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Henry Lamb and Augustus John.
Geoffrey Nelson; Dorothy Brett; Lady Ottoline Morrell; Mr Blay; Mark Gertler
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1919
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Geoffrey Nelson; Dorothy Brett; Lady Ottoline Morrell; Mr Blay; Mark Gertler
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1919
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Lady Ottoline Morrell; (Helen) Violet Bonham Carter (née Asquith), Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1919
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possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1919
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1919
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by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, December 1920
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Lady Ottoline Morrell ('Mummy')
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920-1921
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with her pug Soie
possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Lady Ottoline Morrell; Ralph Partridge; Michael Llewelyn Davies
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with her pug Soie
possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with her pug Soie
possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Ethel Sands; Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck; Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Ethel Sands; Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck; Lady Ottoline Morrell
by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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T.S. Eliot; Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Lady Ottoline Morrell; Mark Gertler
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Lady Ottoline Morrell; Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); André Gide; Simon Bussy and an unknown man
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, August 1920
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); T.S. Eliot; Lady Ottoline Morrell; Mark Gertler
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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Related People
- Anne Arianna Gallon (née Goodman) (granddaughter)
- Adrian Martin Goodman (grandson)
- Philip Henry Russell Goodman (grandson)
- Philip Edward Morrell (husband)
- Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell) (daughter)
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