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Mrs. George Swinton (nee Elizabeth "'Elsie" Ebsworth) by John Singer Sargent 1897 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sargent, John Singer |
From: "A Numerous and Fashionable
Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton,"
by David Greer
Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2002
Elizabeth
"'Elsie" Swinton (1874-1966), nee Ebsworth, was a prominent society
lady in Edwardian England, who in 1906 took the unusual step (for a person of
her social rank in those days) of becoming a professional singer,... | |
The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy by John Singer Sargent 1907 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sargent, John Singer |
Jane de
Glehn (1873-1961) painting with her husband Wilfrid (1870-1951) at the Fountain
at Villa Torlonia in Frascati, Italy.
Wilfrid de Glehn
Fountain
Frascati
1907
Married in
1904, both were often traveling companions of John's between 1905 and 1914 when
they all would visit such places as the south of France,... | |
Twentieth Century Ruin by Alexander Brook 1932 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Brook, Alexander |
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