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Miss Gwen FfrangconDavies as Isabella France
Presented by the Art Fund, the Contemporary Art Society and C. Frank Stoop through the Contemporary Art Society 1932
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Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen
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Isabella of France
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Marlowe, Christopher, ‘Edward II’
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Park, Bertram, photograph, ‘Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies’
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<p>Sickert loved the theatre and became a friend of the actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies after writing her a fan letter in 1932. This painting shows her in the role of Queen Isabella of France in Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century play <span>Edward II</span>. The name ‘La Louve’ means ‘she-wolf’, a hostile title given to the historical Isabella. The production had taken place nine years earlier, and Sickert painted this picture from a small photograph, taken by Bertram Park, of the actress on stage. The painting was an immediate success and the <span>Daily Mail</span> described it as ‘Mr Sickert’s Best Work’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
24 October 2001 – 11 July 2005
2005-07-11
24 October 2001
2001-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-24
Making British History
Collection based display
15 May 2010 – 31 July 2010
2010-07-31
15 May 2010 – 31 July 2010
2010-07-31
2010-05-15
The Lightbox (Woking, UK)
http://www.thelightbox.org/
2010-05-15
Sickert at the Lightbox
Loan-out
28 April 2022 – 29 January 2023
2023-01-29
28 April 2022 – 18 September 2022
2022-09-18
2022-04-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-04-28
Walter Sickert
Exhibition
14 October 2022 – 29 January 2023
2023-01-29
14 October 2022 – 29 January 2023
2023-01-29
2022-10-14
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Paris, France)
2022-10-14
Walter Sickert
Loan-out
Miss Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Isabella of France
support: 2451 × 921 mm
frame: 2705 × 1181 × 117 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a>, the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> and <a href="/search?gid=999999963" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">C. Frank Stoop</a> through the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1932
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<p>Sickert loved the theatre and became a friend of the actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies after writing her a fan letter in 1932. This painting shows her in the role of Queen Isabella of France in Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century play <i>Edward II</i>. The name ‘La Louve’ means ‘she-wolf’, a hostile title given to the historical Isabella. The production had taken place nine years earlier, and Sickert painted this picture from a small photograph, taken by Bertram Park, of the actress on stage. The painting was an immediate success and the <i>Daily Mail</i> described it as ‘Mr Sickert’s Best Work’.</p>
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actions: postures and motions actor adults arts and entertainment characters clothing and personal items cruelty dress dress: fantasy/fancy emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen fine art and design, named works individuals: female inscriptions Isabella of France jewellery literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) Marlowe, Christopher, ‘Edward II’ named individuals objects Park, Bertram, photograph, ‘Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies’ people portraits society standing symbols and personifications theatrical costume title of work woman work and occupations