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Elizabeth Sellars

(1921–2019) Filmography as Actress: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons   Born May 6 1921 Glasgow (Scotland) Died December 30 2019 Paris (France) Occupation Actress

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

(1769–1852) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, FRS Prime Minister of Great Britain The Duke of Wellington in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) El Duque de Wellington 1812–1814 National Gallery, London     Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Lord Wellesley s.d. National Museum Wales, Cardiff…

Jean Simmons

(1929–2010) Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE Filmography as Actress: Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains     The Robe 1953 Director: Henry Koster Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons     Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons     Spartacus…

Thomas Picton

(1758–1815) Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton Thomas Picton in Film: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer   Born August 24 1758 Haverfordwest (Wales) Died June 18 1815 Waterloo (Belgium)

Wapping (1860-1864)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Wapping 1860–1864 Oil on canvas, 72 x 101.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look slightly down at a woman with pale skin and two men with ruddy complexions sitting at a table near a…

The Lime Burner (1859)

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Lime Burner 1859 Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 25.4 x 17.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London During his formative years in Paris in the 1850s, Whistler was influenced by the injunctions of the…

Julia Abercromby

(1840–1915) Lady Julia Janet Georgiana, 4th Baroness Abercromby, née Haldane-Duncan Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting (1838) The artist’s works: Queen Victoria (after Heinrich von Angeli) 1883 National Portrait Gallery, London Born January 24 1840 Napoli (Italia) Died December 8 1915 Camperdown…