Sir William Orpen
(Irish,1871-1931)

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Mrs. Ruby Melville (1920).
Oil on canvas. Mildura Arts Center.

Mrs. Melville was a London society beauty. Orpen depicts her lively brown eyes, a sharp red bob, a daring lace décolleté showing off long white arms, hands on her hips, and slender fingers splayed over a wasp waist.


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