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Monday, September 23, 2019

Victoria Sackville-West


 This plaster portrait of Victoria Sackville-West by August Rodin stands in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville (23 September 1862 – 30 January 1936) married her first cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. Their daughter was the writer, poet and gardener Vita Sackville-West. The family lived mainly at Knole House, an estate that had been in the Sackville family for centuries. Victoria, having experienced a controversial life herself, has since been mostly displaced in the public's consciousness by the colourful life of her daughter Vita. -- Wikipedia
Wikipedia also supplies us this photo of Victoria Sackville-West taken about 1885.


Victoria Sackville-West was the illegitimate daughter of Lionel Sackville-West and a Spanish dancer named Pepita. She (Victoria)  married her cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West,  third Baron Sackville. Their daughter was Victoria Mary (Vita) Sackville-West.



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