Emma
(Margot), Countess
of Oxford and Asquith
1897
National
Portrait
Gallery,
London
Chalk
54.9 x 39.7 cm
(21 5/8
x 15 5/8 in.)
Jpg:
Friend of the JSS Gallery
Margot Asquith (nee' Tennant) 1864 to 1945, wife of
Herbert Henry
Asquith, the one-time Prime Minster of England between 1909 and 1916.
She was a member of "The Souls," an important literary and aesthetic
group in England.
Sargent also drew
her children and again herself later:
Anthony
Asquith
c.
1908
(son
to Margot)
Elizabeth
Asquith
1914
(daughter
to Margot)
Notes:
Special thanks to Matt
Davies, of
Kansas City, a friend
of the JSS Gallery, for sending me notes regarding this image.
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