Editing Elizabeth Bibesco (section)

==Portraits==
[[File:Augustus John, Princess Antoine Bibesco, 1924.jpg|thumb|right|Elizabeth Bibesco, by [[Augustus John]], 1924]]
Elizabeth's portrait was painted twice by [[Augustus John]], in 1919 and again five years later. The first painting (titled "Elizabeth Asquith") shows her as a vivacious debutante in a feather stole over bare shoulders. This picture is in the [[Laing Art Gallery]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England. In the second portrait, seen at right (titled "Princess Antoine Bibesco"), Elizabeth appears slightly weary and melancholic, her eyes averted just enough to suggest a break in her former self-confidence. She wears a [[mantilla]] given to her father by the [[Queen of Portugal]]<ref>[[H. H. Asquith|Asquith, H. H.]], ''Letters to a Friend'', Bles, 1933, vol. 2, p. 176</ref> and holds one of her own books. When shown at the [[Royal Academy]] summer show in 1924, [[Mary Chamot]], writing in ''[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]]'', wrote of this painting that it "has the force to make every other picture in the room look insipid, so dazzling is the contrast between the mysterious darkness of her eyes and hair and the shimmering brilliance of the white lace she wears over her head."<ref>Chamot, Mary, Country Life magazine, 10 May 1924</ref>