John Singer Sargent
Alma Strettell (or "Stretell")
Dated: c. 1889

Alma Strettell, later Alma Strettell Harrison 1856-1939   

Poet and writer, she was intensly interested in folk music and wrote or co-wrote: 

Spanish and Italian Folk-Songs; London, 1887

Legends from River and Mountain; Carmen Sylva (H. M. Queen of Roumania) and Alma Strettell, Illustrated by T. H. Robinson, George Allen, London, 1896, Greenish-grey cloth illustrated in black with gilt; top-edge gilt.  No additional printings. Hardcover. 328 pages: 41 b/w illustrations; 21cm.

The Bard of Dimbovitza - Roumanian Folk Songs Collected from the Peasants Hélène Vacaresco,Translated by Carmen Sylva and Alma Strettell, Harper & Brothers, London, 1914

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Exhibitions

Sargent's Women,  Adelson Galleries, New York, 2003

Sourse: Natasha Wallace Contributor: igrkio