Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Etain
1950
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1950
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Etain is a 1950 paint by Jean Grahame, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This glass painting shows Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in her stage role as Etain. Jean Grahame painted it in the early 1900s. It’s part of a larger scene from The Immortal Hour. The picture captures a single, frozen moment from a play-turned-opera. That’s how glass paintings work—they lock a scene like a snapshot. See more stage portraits at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A painting on glass by Jean Grahame from the early 20th century depicts Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in the role of Etain from the opera *The Immortal Hour*. The work captures Ffrangcon-Davies, known for her stage and screen performances, in a portrayal associated with Celtic fairy-lore, where Etain is an immortal faery princess entangled in a mythic narrative. The painting remained in Ffrangcon-Davies' possession.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Jean Grahame carried a sketchbook everywhere but only drew on the left-hand pages—right-handers got a blank stare.
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