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Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (1891-1992)
Ffrangcon-Davies was a legend of the British stage, during a career that spanned 80 years. She was born in London into a Welsh family and made her stage debut in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1911. In 1924 she was hailed as the finest Juliet of her generation, playing opposite John Gielgud’s Romeo. Ffrangcon-Davies played many Shakespearean leads and appeared in numerous radio and television productions. She was made a Dame of the British Empire at the age of 100. This painting by Harold Knight shows her in role as Etain in Rutland Boughton's opera 'The Immortal Hour'.
Image: © Reproduced with permission of the estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA. All Rights Reserved/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 592
Measurements
h(cm) frame:165
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:135.3
w(cm)
Height
(cm): 151
Width
(cm): 121
h(in) frame:64 15/16
h(in)
w(in) frame:53 1/4
w(in)
Height
(in): 59
Width
(in): 47
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