ACHESON, Alice (1895-1996, artist). Two Views of the Villa Nova, Barbados, signed "Alice Acheson" lower right, one watercolour on paper (355 x 490mm), the other pen on paper (210 x 290mm), framed and glazed. (2)

ACHESON, Alice (1895-1996, artist).  Two Views of the Villa Nova, Barbados, signed "Alice Acheson" lower right, one watercolour on paper (355 x 490mm), the other pen on paper (210 x 290mm), both framed and glazed. Alice Acheson was an American painter and illustrator. Born into an artistic family, her grandfather was the artist John Mix Stanley. She married the statesman Dean Acheson in 1917. He served as the 51st U.S. Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman and became a lifetime friend of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, often staying with them in Barbados at Villa Nova, the villa the Edens purchased in 1965. (2)