Title - Mrs. Evelyn St George

Artist - Sir William Orpen

Florence Evelyn St George was the eldest child of a wealthy New York banker, George Baker. In 1891, against her father's wishes, she married Howard Bligh St George, a Co Kilkenny land agent. Howard St George was a cousin of Orpen's so it was inevitable that his wife would meet the artist. Their affair began around the time Mrs St George moved to London.

Once the affair became publicly known, Orpen and his mistress were known as Jack and the Beanstalk since he was shorter than average and she was more than six feet tall. By mutual agreement, the relationship ended in 1921 because the scandal was becoming too great.