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Line 47: Violet was a noted beauty, as was her daughter [[Lady Diana Manners|Lady Diana]].{{sfn|Wardleworth|2013|p=74}} The Duchess was painted on numerous occasions by [[James Jebusa Shannon]]{{sfn|Dakers|1999|p=225}} and [[George Frederic Watts]].{{sfn|Reynolds|2004}} The historian [[K. D. Reynolds]] writes that her beauty "was of the type most admired by the Souls. Her auburn hair, pale complexion, hooded eyes, and very slim figure were invariably set off by her Aesthetic-style clothes of faded colours and soft drapings."{{sfn|Reynolds|2004}} She kept a studio at the Rutland estate of [[Bute House]].{{sfn|Dakers|1999|p=225}} After her husband's death, Violet moved to [[Belgrave Square]], London and built a new studio to work on her art. In March 1933, the director of the [[Leeds Art Gallery]], [[John Rothenstein|John Rothenstein]] and his wife (later Sir John and Lady Rothenstein) gave a reception party in her honour in the gallery's curator's rooms where, amongst the 180 guests was her daughter, [[Lady Diana Cooper]], [[Adrian Baillie|Lady Baillie]] and [[Middleton family| Mrs Noel Middleton]].<ref>{{cite news |title=At Leeds Art Gallery |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=rothenstein%20middleton&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1915&to=1937 |access-date=13 September 2024 |publisher=Yorkshire Evening Post Yorkshire, England |date=23 March 1933 |quote=...Colonel Charles Harold Tetley, Miss Gladys Tetley, Miss Kitson Clark, Miss Beatrice Kitson, Mrs. Noel Middleton, and other well-known Leeds people. Mrs. Rothenstein took the Duchess round the Gallery. She was much interested in our pictures. That reminds me...Mr. and Mrs. John Rothenstein gave a Party in the curator’s rooms at the Leeds Art Gallery yesterday. The Duchess of Rutland and her daughter, Lady Diana Duff Cooper, were among the 180 guests. Others there were Lady Baillie,...[Alos - Leeds Mercury Yorkshire, England 23 Mar 1933...performance in which her daughter, Lady Diana Cooper, takes part. This afternoon the Duchess and her daughter were guests at the reception given by Mr. and Mrs. John Rothenstein at the City Art Gallery...]}}</ref> The Duchess continued exhibiting her works up to her death; her last exhibit was in November 1937, and she died the following month after an operation.{{sfn|Reynolds|2004}} ==Issue== | |||