Earl, Honor, 1901-1996 (painter)
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1996
Biography
Honor Earl (1901-96), portrait painter, daughter of 1st Viscount Maugham, married Sebastian Earl. In the 1939-45 War she made a series of pastel portraits of service men and women from the dominions and colonies of the British Empire, which were shown at the Royal Empire (later Commonwealth) Society in December 1945. An earlier series of American portraits attempted to show the various ethnic ancestry of the American people.