Ernest Thesiger sold a studio nude and a

a studio nude and a genre painting

I really ought to be offering a best caption prize for this one

I’m not sure why I feel such an affinity for post war Britain

Suffice to say he led a full and interesting life on the London stage and in 1930s Hollywood

Ernest Thesiger sold a studio nude and aThis is something very special, although perhaps more for vintage cinema buffs. The sitter is Ernest Thesiger CBE (1879 1961), not perhaps the most famous actor of his generation but a strong candidate for the most interesting. Im not going to cut and paste Wikipedia here but I urge you to look him up when you have a moment. Suffice to say he led a full and interesting life on the London stage and in 1930s Hollywood, befriended the great and the good