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Sir William Orpen RA RHA (1878-1931)
PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE, COUNTESS OF DUDLEY, NE MILLAR (1879-1952) HALF LENGTH, IN A WHITE DRESS AND RED CLOAK WITH FUR-TRIMMED COLLAR, WEARING A MULTIPLE STRING OF PEARLS
Signed l.r., oil on canvas
76 x 61cm
Gertie Millar was born in 1879 in Bradford and started her career at the age of 13 at the St. James's Theatre in Manchester. Later she moved to London and by 1897 she was well established as a stage favourite. In 1902, she married Lionel Monckton, a talented composer of musical comedies, who subsequently wrote a number of hit songs for her. Despite great success together in the theatre, GertieÉs marriage to Lionel Monckton was not a happy one.
The gossip columns carried many stories about the popular showgirl and in 1913 there were rumours of a liaison with the Duke of Westminster, with both reportedly about to divorce their respective spouses so that they could marry each other. How true these stories were is open to debate, as even th
PORTRAIT OF GERTRUDE, COUNTESS OF DUDLEY, NE MILLAR (1879-1952) HALF LENGTH, IN A WHITE DRESS AND RED CLOAK WITH FUR-TRIMMED COLLAR, WEARING A MULTIPLE STRING OF PEARLS
Signed l.r., oil on canvas
76 x 61cm
Gertie Millar was born in 1879 in Bradford and started her career at the age of 13 at the St. James's Theatre in Manchester. Later she moved to London and by 1897 she was well established as a stage favourite. In 1902, she married Lionel Monckton, a talented composer of musical comedies, who subsequently wrote a number of hit songs for her. Despite great success together in the theatre, GertieÉs marriage to Lionel Monckton was not a happy one.
The gossip columns carried many stories about the popular showgirl and in 1913 there were rumours of a liaison with the Duke of Westminster, with both reportedly about to divorce their respective spouses so that they could marry each other. How true these stories were is open to debate, as even th
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