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Also Known As Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell • Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson
Born October 11, 1847 • England
Died November 27, 1922 (aged 75) • London • England
Notable Works “Preludes”
Notable Family Members son Sir Francis Meynell

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Alice Meynell, c. 1890.
Alice Meynell, detail of a drawing by John Singer Sargent, 1894; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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