John Singer Sargent
Emma (Margot), Countess of Oxford and Asquith
Dated: 1897

Margot Asquith (nee' Tennant) 1864 to 1945, wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the one-time Prime Minster of England between 1909 and 1916. She was a member of "The Souls," an important literary and aesthetic group in England.

Sargent also drew her children and again herself later:

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Anthony Asquith 

c. 1908

(son to Margot)

Elizabeth Asquith

1914

(daughter to Margot)

Notes:

Special thanks to Matt Davies, of Kansas City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me notes regarding this image.

Sourse: Natasha Wallace Contributor: igrkio