Arthur Stockdale Cope

Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope, KCVO, RA (born 2 November 1857 – 5 July 1940) was a British portraitist.

[2] He married Emily Beatrix Hawtayne on 6 September 1882, and the couple had two sons and a daughter.

He combined this prolific output with a prestigious roll call of sitters, ranging from Kings Edward VII, George V and Edward VIII, to Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

[3] His clever use of fluid paint, striking colour and harsh artificial lighting are well seen in his portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Richards in the National Maritime Museum, London (Greenwich Hospital Collection).

[4] In addition to his busy painting practice, Cope established an art school in South Kensington and Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) was among his pupils.