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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth

 * ... that John Singer Sargent depicted Ellen Terry playing Lady Macbeth in a dress decorated with green beetle's wings?
 * Reviewed: Thomas Fortescue Kennedy

Created/expanded by Theramin (talk). Self nom at 23:53, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks for developing this article -- the portrait and the dress are both amazing. Article length and dates check out as OK. I've added some reference citations and added a bit of content that I found while checking sources. The article would benefit from more careful inline citations of sources. I did not find anything in the article that would constitute plagiarism or copyvio.
 * The image is very striking, but the full image does not show up well at this scale; it would benefit from cropping.
 * The hook is OK and it is adequately sourced, but it is not as effective as I think it could be. Here are some suggestions:
 * ALT1 ... that an oil painting (pictured) by John Singer Sargent depicts Ellen Terry playing Lady Macbeth in a dress decorated with 1,000 iridescent green beetle wings?
 * ALT2 ... that the dress worn by Ellen Terry in John Singer Sargent painting of her portrayal of Lady Macbeth (pictured) is decorated with 1,000 iridescent green beetle wings?
 * My preference is ALT2. --Orlady (talk) 03:48, 19 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I've uploaded a cropped version of the image, at right. --Orlady (talk) 03:57, 19 October 2011 (UTC)