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George Frederic Watts: Ellen Terry ('Choosing')  wikidata:Q28050210 reasonator:Q28050210
Artist
George Frederic Watts  (1817–1904)  wikidata:Q183245 s:en:Author:George Frederic Watts q:en:George Frederick Watts
 
George Frederic Watts
Description British painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death 23 February 1817 Edit this at Wikidata 1 July 1904 / 1 June 1904 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata Compton Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1837 Edit this at Wikidata–1899 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London, Florence, Paris, Istanbul
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q183245
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Title
Ellen Terry ('Choosing') Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Ellen Terry ('Choosing') Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Ellen Terry ('Choosing') Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Dame (Alice) Ellen Terry ('Choosing'), by George Frederic Watts (died 1904). The subject is (Alice) Ellen Terry (1847-1928). See source website for additional information.

From en:Ellen Terry: In London, during an engagement at the Haymarket Theatre, Terry and her sister Kate had their portraits painted by the eminent artist George Frederick Watts, and he soon proposed marriage. Watts's famous portraits of Terry include "Choosing," in which Terry must select between earthly vanities, symbolised by showy, but scent-less camellias and nobler values symbolised by humble-looking, but fragrant violets. Other famous portraits include "Ophelia" and, together with her sister Kate, "The Sisters." Terry was impressed with the art and elegance of his lifestyle and wished to please her parents by making an advantageous marriage. They married on 20 February 1864, shortly before her 17th birthday, when Watts was 46. During her marriage to Watts, she was uncomfortable in the role of child bride. Terry and Watts were separated after only ten months of marriage, during which she took a break from the stage, returning by 1866.

This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
Depicted people Ellen Terry Edit this at Wikidata
Date Unknown date, but author died in 1904. It is believed that the portrait was painted around the date that the author married the subject, 1864. At that time, the subject was 17 years old.
Medium oil Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 47.2 cm (18.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 35.4 cm (13.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+47.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+35.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 5048
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National Portrait Gallery: NPG 5048

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Choosing (Ellen Terry) (c. 1864). Oil, 47.2 x 35.4 cm (18.5 x 13.9 in). National Portrait Gallery, London

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