Fairlie Harmar

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Fairlie Harmar, Viscountess Harberton (1876–1945) was an English painter. She was born in Weymouth, Dorset, and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art.[1] Lady Harberton was married to Ernest Pomeroy, 7th Viscount Harberton.

Fairlie Harmar
Fairlie Harmar, by Bassano Ltd, 4 May 1937,
National Portrait Gallery, London
Born1876 (1876)
Weymouth, England
Died1945 (aged 68–69)
Known forPainting
SpouseErnest Pomeroy

As a Viscountess, she attended the 1937 Coronation, she smuggled in drawing paper to make sketches for a painting that was later in the Royal Collection.[2]

Whilst reviewing Lady Harberton's work in 1918, Ezra Pound thought she was a man, writing "Mr. F. Harmer [sic] has put good work into it".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Jon Whiteley, Colin Harrison, Catherine Whistler, Colin Harrison, Catherine Casley (Editors). The Ashmolean Museum Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings. Ashmolean Museum. July 2006. ISBN 978-1-85444-187-4; p. 271
  2. ^ Truksa, Joshua (9 May 2023). "Robe worn to King George VI Coronation on display". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ Robert, Scholes. "Fairlie Harmar (1876 - 1945)". Modernist Journals Project. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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