Friday, October 10, 2008

Sydney W. White - Portrait of Patsy Cornwallis-West


[Portrait of Patsy Cornwallis-West] '96


Signed and dated l.r.: Sydney W. White. 96

Oil on canvas
82 by 47 in.

http://www.artnet.com/artist/583933/sydney-w-white.html

portrait of the Society hostess Mary Cornwallis-West (nee Fitzpatrick) known as 'Patsy'. She was married to Colonel William Cornwallis-West of Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cornwallis-West
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3598927/A-sexually-lawless-royal-mistress-and-her-shell-shocked-sergeant.html
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp54642

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