A Journey Through An Artist's Life

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Limited edition of Unspecified limited edition. No.153. Signed By Author. DESCRIPTION: Full parchment binding with embossed gilt designs on the front and back boards housed in slip case. 258 plates in colour and black and white from paintings and drawings by the artist Language: English. Book Condition: Fine: Inscription to ffep listing portraits of owner's family members in the book DJ Condition: Very Good: Minor wear and soiling to corner and edges Pages 336. Size: Folio 30cm by 23.5cm. PROVENANCE: Sir Tobias Clarke. Sir Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke, 6th Bt. (1939 2019). Son of Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt. and Elisabeth Cook. Married Charlotte Walter, daughter of Roderick Walter in 1971 and later married Teresa Lorraine Aphrodite de Chair, daughter of Somerset Struben de Chair and Margaret Patricia FieldHart, in 1984. Named Charles Mansfield Clarke at birth he changed his name to Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke in 1962. Educated at Eton, Christ Church, Sorbonne and Graduate Business School, New York University. He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Clarke, of Dunham Lodge in 1973. Offices held: Vicepresident of the London branch of Bankers Trust Company of New York, editor and founder of The Baronets Journal, Associate director of the Swiss Bank Corporation London and chairman of the Standing Council of the Baronetage. Through his grandmother, Elfrida Roosevelt (Lady Clarke, wife of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, Bt. CBE) he was related to U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt was his first cousin, three times removed. He was also the second cousin, three times removed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Elisabeth Cook ( 1967)Daughter of Dr. William Alexander Cook. Married Colin Leiter Campbell and subsequently Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt. , son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Bt. and Elfrida Roosevelt, in 1938. Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Bt. (1906 1949). Son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Bt. and Elfrida Roosevelt. Married, Frances Mary Powys Sketchley, daughter of Major Frederick Powys Sketchley, in 1931 (divorced in 1936). Married, Elisabeth Cook, daughter of Dr. William Alexander Cook, in 1938. Married Constance Elizabeth Gibbs, daughter of Herbert Gray Gibbs, 1947 (divorced in 1953). Educated at Eton and Christ Church. Served with the British Embassy to Washington between 1941 and 1944 and the Foreign Office between 1944 and 1946. Succeeded as the 5th Baronet Clarke, of Dunham Lodge 1949. AUTHOR: John Merton (1913 - 2011) was a leading Society portrait painter and amongst the subjects included in this book are Lady Diana Spencer, Sarah Churchill and Sir Thomas Merton. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and will require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you with the additional charges. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information. N° de ref. del artículo 8743

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