Picture No | 11804551 |
Date | 1958 |
Description | Rose, Marchioness of Headfort by Sir William Orpen |
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The Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective. One of a number of stage actresses during the Edwardian era who married into the peerage.
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Source | Painting by William Orpen reproduced in The Sketch Christmas Number 1958 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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