Ottoline morrell

Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell loved artists, hosted many parties, her drawingrooms were full of famoust people, many were her lovers. She was an intresting character of 19th century London.

by Cavendish Morton platinum print circa 1911 © National Portrait Gallery, London

by Baron Adolph de Meyer half-plate autochrome circa 1907 © National Portrait Gallery, London

Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (1873 – 1938) was an English aristocrat and society hostess. She was part of the literary Bloomsbury clique, along with Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, Lyt…

"Lady Ottoline Morrell, Bloomsbury Group society and literary hostess, sometimes wore extravagant Turkish robes and dyed her hair a soft purple. Here it is parted in the middle. swept up with combs, and probably pinned over hair pads to create the exaggerated rolls of hair which were fashionable at the time. Wherever she appeared, Lady Ottoline invariably caught the eye; Quentin Bell, the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, described her as 'that fantastic baroque flamingo..." Scanned and quoted…

by Lady Ottoline Morrell vintage snapshot print June 1926 © National Portrait Gallery, London

Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (1873 – 1938) was an English aristocrat and society hostess. She was part of the literary Bloomsbury clique, along with Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, Lyt…

Lady Ottoline Morrell was a leading London socialite at the turn of the 20th century. She was married to Philip Morrell MP, the MP for Burnley from 1910-1918

Lady Ottoline Morrell by Adolf de Meyer. De Meyer, a celebrated portrait photographer, was dubbed by Cecil Beaton as "the Debussy of photography."

possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell vintage snapshot print 1929 © National Portrait Gallery, London