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Monday, January 24, 2022

1939 PAINTING OF DORIS DELEVINGNE VALUED AT HALF A MILLION POUNDS

About two years ago it was revealed that a painting of Doris Delevingne was up for auction at Christies,  Called THE VISCOUNTESS CASTLEROSSE, PALM SPRINGS by Sir John Lavery, painted in 1938 and valued at 400,000 - 600,000 pounds, it pictures the woman sitting on a diving board showing off her famous legs.  (That's right, the price of a house.) Included in this article is a photo of Doris on a ship headed for Los Angeles and another of her in a mermaid evening gown.

I believe Doris was tired of the life she had lead but knew nothing else and was in despair when she overdosed on sleeping pills at age 42 but I do think that by that age, with the younger generation coming up, she may have been too notorious to ever expect another marriage.

TATLER : PORTRAIT OF VISCOUNTESS CASTLEROSSE





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