Riveting and totally disturbing, Peter. Thank you for bringing Dolly's story to the light of day. You write with great sensitivity about her short life and horrible death. She must have imagined herself free of him, only to find the nightmare back before her. And to have those men try to put the blame on her for her own murder!
This is a tremendous piece. I agree that Laura Knight's writing is as accomplished as her painting.
The painting of Dolly by Currie is haunting me. Only last year I was standing in front of it at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery and remarking to my husband how contemporary it looks. I had no idea of its history. Not long after it appeared in Substack notes, and someone made the same observation. Now here it is in your article and I get to find out what happened to the sitter.
The hypocrisy inherent in how society judges the actions of men and women never ceases to infuriate me, and you lay out the double standards beautifully and with great insight. Thank you!
I am the great niece of Dolly and have read articles by different authors and actually learned a few new things about my great aunt. Very little was spoken about her by my father (Dolly's nephew).
Riveting and totally disturbing, Peter. Thank you for bringing Dolly's story to the light of day. You write with great sensitivity about her short life and horrible death. She must have imagined herself free of him, only to find the nightmare back before her. And to have those men try to put the blame on her for her own murder!
This is a tremendous piece. I agree that Laura Knight's writing is as accomplished as her painting.
The painting of Dolly by Currie is haunting me. Only last year I was standing in front of it at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery and remarking to my husband how contemporary it looks. I had no idea of its history. Not long after it appeared in Substack notes, and someone made the same observation. Now here it is in your article and I get to find out what happened to the sitter.
The hypocrisy inherent in how society judges the actions of men and women never ceases to infuriate me, and you lay out the double standards beautifully and with great insight. Thank you!
I am the great niece of Dolly and have read articles by different authors and actually learned a few new things about my great aunt. Very little was spoken about her by my father (Dolly's nephew).
Peter- Thanks for sharing this. I particularly love the accompanying paintings for this piece. Hope you're well this week. Cheers, -Thalia