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Nov 3 • 6 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Irish writer George Bernard Shaw and there’s an interesting link between one of his most famous plays, Pygmalion (later adapted into My Fair Lady) and this painting by Sir John Lavery, currently in our exhibition Lavery. On Location.
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In 1889 in London, Lavery met, fell in love with, and married a flower seller who went by the name of Kathleen McDermott and claimed to be Irish.

This is one of only three portraits of Kathleen that exists - she died in 1891, six months after their daughter Eileen was born. Image
Lavery family legend has it that Shaw appropriated the story of the painter’s attempts to improve Kathleen's lot in life for the character of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion. Image
The story gets more intriguing still - following Kathleen’s death, it emerged that her name was actually Annie Evans, and that she was in fact Welsh rather than Irish!
🎟️Lavery. On Location continues here until 14 January. Booking is highly recommended, Friends of the Gallery and under 18s go free.



This exhibition is proudly supported by @arthurcoxlaw, Exhibition Partnernationalgallery.ie/art-and-artist…
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1. John Lavery, The Irish Girl, 1890. Private Collection. Photo © Reserved National Gallery of Ireland. Photographer: Karolina Heller.
2. Prince Paul Troubetzkoy (1866-1938), George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Author, Playwright and Critic, 1927.
3. My Fair Lady

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"New York had all the iridescence of the beginning of the world." - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), My Lost City.

Today is the anniversary of the birth of the artist Sir John Lavery. He painted this atmospheric view of New York's Central Park from his room in the Plaza Hotel.
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In celebration of all the healthcare workers who are working tirelessly in the fight against #COVID19, today's collection thread will focus on works that depict medical heroes, healing, and medicine.

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Today we're going to be looking at some 'Easter Eggs' in our collection. Not of the chocolate variety, but secrets and clues hidden in paintings - artists hiding in plain sight, secrets uncovered by conservation work, clues planted to given extra meaning, and more!
First up, and today's Work of the Day, is Metsu's Woman Reading a Letter (1664-66) which the artist has filled with hidden signs and details.

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