Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville was a British noblewoman and mother of the writer, poet, and gardener Vita Sackville-West.
Circa 1885
Pepita de Oliva
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Josefa Durán y Ortega, known by the stage name Pepita de Oliva, was a Romani Spanish dancer who performed across Europe, popularizing Spanish flamenco dancing and costumes. Despite her official marria
Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville
…one of seven illegitimate children of the English diplomat Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville, and a Spanish dancer known by the stage name of "Pepita de Oliva", (Josefa née Durán y Ortega; she was married to Juan Antonio de Oliva). Pepita was referred to as Countess West, though she never divorced her legal…
Portrait photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1856
Pepita de Oliva dancing the "Aragoneza" (1853)