Vanessa (Millais painting) may have married secretly. Vanessa died soon afterwards. Millais also painted a companion piece depicting Stella. The painting is part of the 18th century revival in British art at this time, when a renewed interest in the brushwork of Reynolds and Gainsborough was emerging. Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (1868) is a painting by John Everett Millais in Sudley House, Liverpool. It is a fancy portrait depicting Jonathan Swift's close friend and correspondent Esther Vanhomrigh (1688-1723), who was known by that nickname, which Swift himself invented for her. "Vanessa" represents a major departure in Millais's art because he abandons fully for
Tarzan and the Slave Girl said, "About the only novelty the picture offers is Cheeta's encounter with a bottle of whisky, and even that isn't very funny." Tarzan and the Slave Girl Tarzan and the Slave Girl is a 1950 film directed by Lee Sholem and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Vanessa Brown as Jane, and Robert Alda as big game hunter Neil. The plot involves a lost civilization in Africa, a strange illness, and an evil counselor manipulating a prince into kidnapping large numbers of local women. The film was Barker's second portrayal of Tarzan, and Vanessa Brown's only outing as Jane. Tarzan and