Violet Lindsay, Duchess of Rutland (British, 1856-1937), The Prince of Wales, 2 months old, signed and inscribed with title White Lodge l.r., pencil and blue wash, 9 by 8cm, framed. Notes: Violet, Duchess of Rutland, was a bright star. Born to the daughter of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Violet Rutland was one of the first exhibitors of both drawings in silver-point or pencil and sculptures at Sir Coutts Lindsay's new Grosvenor Gallery (opened by him in 1877), and she continued to exhibit throughout her life at all the major British galleries (including the Fine Art Society, the Royal Academy, and the New Gallery) as well as in France and the United States. She also published a selection of her portraits, in 1900, as 'Portraits of Men and Women'. A reviewer of an exhibition of her drawings at the Brook Street Art Galleries, London, in 1925, wrote: 'her style is particularly suited to the interpretation of feminine beauty and elegance'. Edward, Prince of Wales was born at White Lodge where the portrait was executed.