Lady Rachel Clay (1907-1996)
Portrait of Beatrice Webb (née Potter),
about 1935
Oil on canvas
Laing Art Gallery. Gift, 1968
Beatrice Webb (1858-1943) was an English sociologist, economist, socialist and reformer. A key figure in the Co-operative Movement, she co-authored books such as the History of Trade Unionism (1894), and co-founded the New Statesman magazine (1913). Together with her husband, Sidney Webb, she was also involved in the organisation of the Fabian Society and the establishment of the London School of Economics.
Lady Rachel Clay was a Hertfordshire artist who lived and worked in London. In 1981 she had a rose named after her, the ‘Rachel Bowes Lyon’.
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