Norma Shearer Size:M: 60 x 40cm Botanical study of rye (Secale

Botanical study of rye (Secale vulgatius) with a flower detail

Mrs W Buller

View of Long Lane

The insects shown were part of the collection of Johann Christian Gerning (1745-1802)

Earl of Northumberland

Norma Shearer Size:M: 60 x 40cm Botanical study of rye (SecaleNorma Shearer (1902 1983), Canadian actress, c1930s c1940s. Shearer began her film career doing extra work, but was given a five year contract by Irving Thalberg (her future husband) when he joined Louis B. Mayer in 1923. Her first talkie was The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929) and four films later she won a Best Actress Academy Award for her role in The Divorcee (1930). Shearer was nominated for five more Academy Awards and in 1939 she was aoffered the