Julia Neilson as Nell Gwyn in <i>Sweet Nell of Old Drury</i> by Paul Kester
1920
Daniell, Frank
T&P
Oil portrait of Julia Neilson as Nell Gwyn, three-quarter length, seated at a harpsichord. Her body faces the viewer's left but her head is turned towards the viewer. Dark reddish-black background. She wears a late 17th-century style dress in dull yellow/old gold, with a wide lace off-the-shoulder shawl collar and lace sleeves. She has curling red hair.
- Maker/Artist
- Daniell, Frank
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- oil colour, canvas, oil painting
- Locations
- region: Great Britain
- Dimensions
- Height: 126.8 cm Width: 101.3 cm
- Departments
- T&P
- Accession Number
- S.88-1986
- Credit Line
- Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
- Rights Statement
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