George Harcourt RA (1868 – 1947) – IMS Photography

Kathleen England, Lady Armstrong (1898-1971)

Ian Malpass-Scott — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:29:00 +0000

Oil painting on canvas, Kathleen England, Lady Armstrong (1898-1971), by George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), signed and dated, bottom right: G. Harcourt 1938. A three-quarter-length portrait of a woman, the third wife of William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, seated, turned slightly to the left, looking out at the viewer. Lady Armstrong is shown in peeress’s robes, wearing a diamond tiara and diamond crucifix, silk dress and red velvet ermine-trimmed robe.

Provenance: Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 – 1987).

Bottom left: Bottom right: G. Harcourt 1938

Text from the National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: George Harcourt RA (1868 – 1947)
Date: 1874

Image Details
Date: 20 June 2024
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/25s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Beatrice Elizabeth Cowx, Lady Armstrong (1862-1934)

Ian Malpass-Scott — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:29:00 +0000

Oil painting on canvas, Beatrice Elizabeth Cowx, Lady Armstrong (1862-1934) by George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), signed and dated, bottom left: George Harcourt 1928. A three-quarter-length portrait of the second wife of William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, seated and turned to the right, facing the viewer, in front of a tapestry with a fur-lined cloak over the back of her chair.

Provenance: Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 – 1987).

Bottom left: Bottom left: George Harcourt / 1928

Text from the National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: George Harcourt RA (1868 – 1947)
Date: 1928

William Henry Cecil John Robin Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919-1987), as a young boy

Ian Malpass-Scott — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:29:00 +0000

The 3rd and last Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, whose generous gift helped secure Cragside for the National Trust, is shown here as a boy in a moorland setting. His pose is not too dissimilar from that of his father, shown as a boy in a portrait by Mary Lemon Waller in the Drawing Room at Cragside, though here a stick is substituted for his father’s golf-club.

Oil painting on canvas, William Henry Cecil John Robin Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919-1987), as a young boy, by George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), signed and dated, bottom right George Harcourt 1930. A full-length portrait of a young boy, standing in a moorland landscape, turned slightly to the left and facing the viewer, holding a stick in his right hand.

Provenance: Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 – 1987).

Bottom left: Bottom right: George Harcourt / 1930

Text from the National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: George Harcourt RA (1868 – 1947)
Date: 1930

Image Details
Date: 20 June 2024
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 500
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.