Eva Carrington

Eva Carrington ( Born Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler in 1887 in London, England, died 1979) was an actress, model and sometime peeress.

Modelling career

Eva was a model for the artist James Whistler between 1898 and 1902. She posed for a number of Whistler's paintings and drawings, e.g. "A dancing woman in a pink robe, seen from the back" [http://www.mr-whistlers-art.info/art/works_paper/watercolours/dancing_woman.shtml] , "The Tambourine" [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/artimage.asp?filename=m1628] ,"Eva and Gladys Carrington seated on a sofa" [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/artimage.asp?filename=m1528] and "The Bead Stringers" [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/artimage.asp?filename=m1530] . [http://www.mr-whistlers-art.info/life/c_d.shtml] [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Carri_E.htm] .

tage career

Eva became a reknowned actress during the Edwardian period. A famous role was as one of the Gibson Girls in the British theatre performance of "The Catch of the Season" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901EFD9103EE733A25754C1A9649C946797D6CF] .

Marriages

Eva married Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford, in February 1906. She adopted the title Lady de Clifford.

This marriage, of a commoner and showgirl to a senior peer, created a scandal at the time. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901EFD9103EE733A25754C1A9649C946797D6CF]

Following her first husband's death, she married Captain Arthur Stock of Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire in 1913, who also died. In 1922 Eva married George Vernon Tate, grandson of the founder of the Tate Gallery. [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Carri_E.htm]

She had several children, and the eldest, Edward Southwell Russell, succeeded to the baronetcy.

External References

* [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/ The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, Glasgow University]
* [http://www.mr-whistlers-art.info/life/c_d.shtml Some background on Eva]
* [http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Carri_E.htm More background on Eva]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9901EFD9103EE733A25754C1A9649C946797D6CF New York times article on the marriage to Baron de Clifford]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p8418.htm Genealogy etc information at ThePeerage.com]
* [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1879221 Biography of Edward Southwell Russell]