David's 2 + great grandmother Helena Amelia Lindgren (1855-1931), who was famed for both her beauty and free spirit, was a model for the artist James Abbot McNeill Whistler at his studio on the Chelsea riverbank in the 1870s.
David's 2 + great grandmother, Helena Amelia Lindgren (1855-1931), was famed for both her beauty and free spirit. Against her parents' wishes, she modelled for the artist James Abbot McNeill Whistler at his studio on the Chelsea riverbank in the 1870s.