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Millicent,
Duchess of Sutherland
John Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1904
Thyssen-Bornemisza
Collection,
Lugano,
Switzerland
Oil on
canvas
254 x 146.1
cm (100
x 57 1/2 in)
Jpg: local
Lady Millicent Fanny St.
Clair-Erskine,
The Duchess of Sutherland and wife of the 4th Duke (d. 1955), was a
writer
and editor, and served in the Red Cross during World War I. She was the
half-sister to the Countess
of
Warwick.
Rosemary,
Viscountess Ednam
1917
or 1919
(daughter
to Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland)
From: Daily
News
11 June 1915
Exhibition at the
Royal
Scottish Academy
"........Still,
mention must
be made of the well known "Duchess of Sutherland" - she of abnormal
height
- by Mr. Sargent ; the highly attractive "Princess Mary" by Mr.
Shannon - a sweet, unaffected portrait ; Mr.
W. B. Ranken's challenging rendering of "The Lady Maud Hoare"....."
Notes:
Special thanks to Wendy
& Gordon
Hawksley, of Sheffield, England, friends
of the JSS Gallery, for sending me the exceprt of the review in the
Daily News.
Exhibitions
John
Singer
Sargent,
An Exhibition -- Whitney
Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
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