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
China Girl: The Classical Album 2 Swatow, China; died 1994, Singapore), Vanessa-Mae's maternal grandfather. Happy Valley is also used as the background music for the popular Chinese fan dance 千红 (Qian Hong, "Thousand Red"). The track was also made available on Vanessa-Mae's following album "Storm". China Girl: The Classical Album 2 China Girl was the sixth album by classical and pop musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). "China Girl" contains only three tracks. The first is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Viktor Fedotov. The second is Violin Fantasy on Puccini's 'Turandot' performed