Gertrude Spencer Stanhope (1857-1944)

Winifred Julia Spencer Stanhope (b. Barnsley c.1873). Oil painting on canvas, Gertrude Spencer Stanhope (1857-1944) by Winifred (Wilfreda) Julia Spencer Stanhope (b.Barnsley c.1873) circa 1887-90. An unfinshed painting of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman, sister of the artist, in profile to right, with hair in a bun wearing white shirt and black jacket. Wilfreda and her older sister Gertrude were both painters. Wilfreda was also a sculptor. She exhibited at the Grosvenor and New Galleries and the Royal Society of British Artists between 1885 and 1899. Gertrude exhibited between 1886 and 1909. They were nieces of the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, a friend of Rossetti and Burne-Jones, and often worked at his home the Villa Nutti near Florence. They were also cousins of the painter Evelyn Pickering, better known as Evelyn De Morgan. Wightwick Manor, West Midlands (Accredited Museum)