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By the end of 2001, her likeness was being used as the watermark on €4.3 billion worth of Irish punt banknotes
Here is Lady Hazel Martyn Lavery (1880-1935) dressed as Flora in Botticelli's painting, The Spring
18 November 1925
Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2014695446/ @librarycongress
Here is Lady Hazel Martyn Lavery (1880-1935) dressed as Flora in Botticelli's painting, The Spring
18 November 1925
Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/2014695446/ @librarycongress
- Born in Chicago to a family of Irish descent
- Socialite, actress, painter
- Married Belfast-born John Lavery in 1909
- The Laverys lent their palatial house in South Kensington to an Irish delegation led by Michael Collins during negotiations for the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921
- Socialite, actress, painter
- Married Belfast-born John Lavery in 1909
- The Laverys lent their palatial house in South Kensington to an Irish delegation led by Michael Collins during negotiations for the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921
- Corresponded with many famous figures of the time including Shaw, Churchill and Yeats
- Her portrait by John featured on all Series A banknotes from 1928 until 1976
- From 1976 to 2001, the Lady Lavery portrait from Series A, was retained as a watermark on Series B/C banknotes
- Her portrait by John featured on all Series A banknotes from 1928 until 1976
- From 1976 to 2001, the Lady Lavery portrait from Series A, was retained as a watermark on Series B/C banknotes
A side-by-side of this colourised photograph with its inspiration, Flora from Sandro Botticelli's "Primavera"
A facial side-by-side of this colourised photograph with its inspiration, Flora from Sandro Botticelli's "Primavera"
Before and after
Had some thoughts as to whether she was wearing socks/slip-ons or was supposed to be barefoot like Flora was in the painting, but they looked to be socks/slip-ons on closer examination so left them as white
Had some thoughts as to whether she was wearing socks/slip-ons or was supposed to be barefoot like Flora was in the painting, but they looked to be socks/slip-ons on closer examination so left them as white
This is an interesting article on Hazel - https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20180311/282123522025353 - she had brown eyes, glad, we got that right!
“Hazel Lavery living and dying, that tale
As though some ballad-singer had sung it all.” - W.B. Yeats
“Hazel Lavery living and dying, that tale
As though some ballad-singer had sung it all.” - W.B. Yeats
Another great article on Hazel - https://www.writing.ie/readers/hazel-a-life-of-lady-lavery-1880-1935-by-sinead-mccoole/
