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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) 
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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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