Georgina Leonora Barnard Douglas (née Mosselmans)
1 of 4 portraits of Georgina Leonora Barnard Douglas (née Mosselmans)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Georgina Leonora Barnard Douglas (née Mosselmans)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 27 April 1922
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x121507
Sitterback to top
- Georgina Leonora Barnard Douglas (née Mosselmans) (died 1969), Second wife of Lord Sholto George Douglas; daughter of Richard Frederick Hendrick Mosselmans. Sitter in 4 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 38 Dover Street, London)
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1922 is a key year for modernist literature with the publication of James Joyce's novel, Ulysses and T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land. Both broke new ground with Ulysses (loosely based on Homer's Odyssey) introducing the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique, and The Waste Land experimenting with multiple voices and a patchwork of literary, historic, mythological and personal allusions.International
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Alexander D Jones
04 October 2018, 11:38
*correction* Georgina Mosselmans was never married to Lord Queensberry. She married (secondly) to Lord Sholto George Douglas (1872-1942) in 1921 and divorced in 1924. Lord Sholto was the fourth son of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
Mimmi
18 May 2021, 10:17
She married Sehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin, son of Abdulhamid the second. After years she divorced him. I wonder hiw she got to know him. And if she has got any children or grandchildren in her life.