HENRIETTA AUGUSTA LOUISA CORKRAN (1841-1911) A portrait of Violet Spencer-Churchill
the sitter depicted at eight years of age, signed and dated 1872 lower left, pastel, 43cm x 33.5cm
Provenance: Edward Charles FitzClarence, 6th Earl of Munster
Anthony Charles FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster
and thence by direct family descent to a Lady of title
| Condition Report: |
click here
|
| Estimate: |
£200 - £400
|
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Violet Spencer-Churchill (1864-1941) was the daughter of Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill, son of the 6th Duke of Marlborough and Hon. Harriet Louisa Hester Gough-Calthorpe, daughter of the 4th Baron Calthorpe.
She married Brigadier General Charles Fitz-Clarence, V.C. 20th April 1898 in Citadel Church, Cairo, Egypt. They had two children, Edward Charles FitzClarence, 6th Earl of Munster (1899-1983) and Joan Harriet FitzClarence (1901-1971).
Henrietta Corkran was a painter, author and illustrator born in Paris, the daughter of an Irish-born author and civil servant. Her sister Alice was the author of children's fiction and an editor of children's magazines.
Read more
