When I came across this photograph in The Sketch, 14 September 1938, I felt compelled to learn more about the artist: Jessica Stonor. Sadly, she had a short life. What follows is some of what I have found about her life and creativity.
[Please note that some newspaper photographs have been ‘sketched’ by AI algorithms]
23 April 1935, Marriage:
Valentine Dyall:
3 Aug 1938, The Tatler:
14 Sept 1938, The Sketch:
14 Sept 1938, The Sketch:
20 Oct 1938, The Queen:
1939 census:
Jacob Herman Huizinga, Journalist:
15 March 1940, Chelsea News:
21 April 1940, Sunday Pictorial:
28 Aug 1940, The Tatler:
24 Sept 1940, The Tatler:
5 Oct 1940, The Sphere:
25 Nov 1940, London Evening News:
20 Dec 1947, The PICTUREGOER:
22 April 1948, Death of Jessica Stonor:
Tombstone:
