Jean. I believe Lady Lavery was also depicted as Brittanica on English coinage. Regards Rory --- "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > SNIPPET: Sir John LAVERY (1856-1941), portrait and > landscape painter, was born in Belfast, educated in > Glasgow, London, and at the Academie Julian, Paris. > In 1883 he paid the first of many visits to > Grez-sur-Loing, south of Paris, where he was > influenced by "plein air" painting, then much in > vogue. A year later he was back in Glasgow and was > associated with the group of avant-garde painters > subsequently celebrated as "The Glasgow Boys." This > marked the beginning of his meteoric rise to fame, a > success that surprised even LAVERY himself. In 1888 > he was commissioned to paint the royal visit to the > International Exhibition in Glasgow. The commission > comprised more than 200 portraits, including that of > the queen, thus establishing him as a society > portrait painter. In 1896 he settled in London, > remaining there till near the end of his life. > During WWI LAVERY was appointed an official war > artist with the Royal Navy and afterwards was > knighted for his work. He was elected an acade! > mician of the Royal Academy in 1921. > > LAVERY's portrait of his second wife Hazel > (1880-1935) as Kathleen Ni Houlihan, personification > of Ireland, was used on Irish banknotes up to the > 1970s. Hazel (Lady LAVERY), also entered popular > legend for a supposed liaison with Michael COLLINS > during the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish treaty. > Following her death, LAVERY spent much time with his > stepdaughter in Ireland. > > For more information please see Kenneth McCONKEY, > "Sir John Lavery" (1993). > > > ==== IRISH-IN-UK Mailing List ==== > The Irish-In-UK Mailing List Website: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishUK/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >