Vanessa (Millais painting) 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 the first time the detailed finish that was still to be seen in "Waking" and "Sleeping", exhibited in the previous year. Influenced by the work of Diego Velázquez and Joshua Reynolds, Millais paints with dramatic, visible brush strokes in vivid colours, creating what has
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