Illustrated Guide to the Lady Lever Collection | 
Of the paintings I'd never seen before when I visited the Lady Lever Art Gallery, this is my favourite. It's by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, titled "Jeunesse Doree" (Gilded Youth), painted 1934. The model, Kathleen Woodward, later became his second wife, there apparently being some overlap with his first wife ?
jlhammar Wow, that is so striking! 1y
Bookwomble @jlhammar "Striking" was the very word I thought when I saw it. 1y
LeahBergen This is gorgeous. I think it may have been used for one of the old green Virago covers. 🤔 1y
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Bookwomble @LeahBergen Wel,l you made me look, didn't you... I can't find that specific painting used, but Virago did use one of Brockhurst's other portraits of Woodward for an edition of their Book of Ghosts https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?485530 1y
batsy Something about her direct gaze... It exudes energy. 1y
Bookwomble @batsy It's a captivating painting. 1y
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