Caption:
'Ellen Terry', 1864, (1942). Portrait of British actress Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928), the leading Shakespearean actress of her time. Aged 16 she married the 46-year-old artist George Frederic Watts, but they separated within a year. Painting also known as 'Ellen Terry ('Choosing')', by Watts, in the National Portrait Gallery, London. From "English Women", by Edith Sitwell. [Collins, London, 1942]