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Lady Prudence Pelham

David Jones, 1930

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

Jones became involved with Prudence Pelham, the daughter of the sixth Earl of Chichester, whilst staying with Eric Gill in 1929/30. Prudence married another man and Jones suffered a nervous breakdown in 1932. This is a rare portrait by the artist and suggests the spiritual aspects of the subject as well as offering a physical likeness.

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Title of artwork, date

Lady Prudence Pelham, 1930

Date supported

1987

Medium and material

Watercolour & pencil on paper

Dimensions

59 x 46 cm

Grant

1500

Total cost

9000

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