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Margot Collection

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991) British ballerina with Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993) Russian ballet dancer in 1962 with Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988) British choreographer

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes

Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes
Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), British ballet dancer, pictured at her Kensington home repairing her ballet shoes around the time she danced the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at a Royal Command Gala

Background imageMargot Collection: Violet Carson as Ena Sharples, Coronation Street

Violet Carson as Ena Sharples, Coronation Street
Violet Carson (right, 1898-1983) as Ena Sharples in the long-running TV soap, Coronation Street, with her two friends, Minnie Caldwell (played by Margot Bryant)

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991) British ballerina before marriage as Margaret Hookham in 1939

Background imageMargot Collection: Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn
Ballet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of Odette in the finale of Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House

Background imageMargot Collection: Una, Lady Troubridge

Una, Lady Troubridge
Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (born Margot Elena Gertrude Taylor, 1887 1963), British sculptor and translator. She is best known as the long-time lesbian partner of Marguerite Radclyffe Hall

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn, ballerina in Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Lake)

Margot Fonteyn, ballerina in Le Lac des Cygnes (Swan Lake), The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

Background imageMargot Collection: La Blanchisserie De La Place Margot

La Blanchisserie De La Place Margot
A painting of the painted blue premises of a laundromat in France, with laundry hanging from the window ledge above. A woman can be seen at each doorway and some cats are playing outside

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Lumb and Simonne Mathieu

Margot Lumb and Simonne Mathieu
Tennis players Margot Lumb (1912-1998), Simonne Mathieu (1908-1980) and Helen Jacobs (1908-1997) all competed at Wimbledon in 1939. Date: 1939

Background imageMargot Collection: Argosy Productions film, Ringing the Changes

Argosy Productions film, Ringing the Changes, featuring Henry Edwards and Margot Landa, based on the novel Jix by R Raleigh King, directed by Leslie Hiscott Date: 1929

Background imageMargot Collection: Henry Edwards and Margot Landa in The Crooked Staircase

Henry Edwards and Margot Landa in The Crooked Staircase
Henry Edwards and Margot Landa in Argosy Productions film The Crooked Staircase Date: 1929

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn dancing with Michael Somes

Margot Fonteyn dancing with Michael Somes
Prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) dancing a pas de deux with Michael Somes (1917-1994). They were frequent dancing partners in the Royal Ballet company. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageMargot Collection: Lord Inverclyde presenting the McKenzie Cup

Lord Inverclyde presenting the McKenzie Cup for the ladies swimming race at the Glasgow South Side Ladies Gala at the Govanhill Baths

Background imageMargot Collection: Spotlight on five dancers and dance teams, 1928

Spotlight on five dancers and dance teams, 1928. Nancy Carroll (top left) signed to Paramount Pictures, Adele Smith (top right) appearing in George Whites Manhatten Mary, Ilya Raycelle (centre)

Background imageMargot Collection: Society Returns to the Bicycle by Hynes

Society Returns to the Bicycle by Hynes
Fantastic caricatures of some of the most famous faces in 1930s British society, all furiously peddling away on bicycles. Back row from left: Sir Henry Birkin

Background imageMargot Collection: Prince Andrew of Greece at Cannes

Prince Andrew of Greece at Cannes
Prince Andrew of Greece, father of the current Duke of Edinburgh, pictured at Cannes in the company of Margot Hambling, David Townsend and Gilbert Beale, whose yacht was in Cannes Harbour

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Linder, actress

Margot Linder, actress. 1939

Background imageMargot Collection: Madame Perrier in La Reine Margot, 1847

Madame Perrier in La Reine Margot, 1847
Madame Perrier in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Background imageMargot Collection: Philibert Rouviere as King Charles IX in La

Philibert Rouviere as King Charles IX in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie

Background imageMargot Collection: French actor Louis-Thomas Bignon as Coconnas

French actor Louis-Thomas Bignon as Coconnas in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847

Background imageMargot Collection: Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot, 1847

Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot, 1847
French actor Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847

Background imageMargot Collection: French opera soprano Mme. Gavaudan, 1781-1840

French opera soprano Mme. Gavaudan, 1781-1840
French soprano singer Mme. Gavaudan (Alexandrine-Marie-Agathe Ducamel, 1781-1840) as Margot in Diable a quatre by Christoph Willibald Gluck at the Opera Comique, Paris

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Grahame, English actress

Margot Grahame, English actress. Date: 1934

Background imageMargot Collection: Lady Davson (Miss Margot Glyn) by Madame Yevonde

Lady Davson (Miss Margot Glyn) by Madame Yevonde
Lady Davson, formerly Miss Margot Glyn, elder daughter of Elinor Glyn the well-known novelist. She married Sir Edward Davson in 1921 and had a son, Geoffrey, born in 1922

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design

Margot - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Margot - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Background imageMargot Collection: Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn in Facade

Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn in Facade
Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) - ballet dancer - as A Dago in Facade with Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) - prima Ballerina. Music by Walton, choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton. Date: 1936

Background imageMargot Collection: Society during the 1924 London Season

Society during the 1924 London Season
Double page spread from The Sketch featuring photographs of well-known figures in society in London for the summer season

Background imageMargot Collection: The Desert Song by O Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein and F Mandel

The Desert Song by O Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein and F Mandel
The Desert Song by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein and Frank Mandel, with music by Sigmund Romberg, at the Casino Theatre, New York, on 30th November 1926

Background imageMargot Collection: Mrs Asquith and her baby (Anthony Asquith)

Mrs Asquith and her baby (Anthony Asquith)
Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (nÚÑáTennant; 2 February 1864 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit. She was married to H. H

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells
British ballets most famous partnership at that time -- Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) and Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) on stage at Sadlers Wells, London, in a production of Giselle. 1937

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot, lead mannequin for Lucile

Margot, lead mannequin for Lucile
Margot, the chief mannequin at the salon of Lucile, aka Lady Lucy Duff Gordon in the 1920s. One newspaper described her thus

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in The Wanderer

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in The Wanderer
Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman in the Spring 1941 Sadlers Wells production of Schuberts The Wanderer at The New Theatre, London - choreography by Frederick Ashton with sets by Graham Sutherland

Background imageMargot Collection: Costumes from The Dazzle Ball

Costumes from The Dazzle Ball
Attendees of The Dazzle Ball in costumes inspired by dazzle camouflage from the First World War, at the Albert Hall, March 12 1919. Date: 1919

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Asquith & Lady Lytton at Murren

Margot Asquith & Lady Lytton at Murren
Margot Asquith with Lady Lytton (Pamela Bulwer-Lytton) and the latters daughter, Lady Hermione Lytton skating at Murren in Switzerland and wearing a variety of interesting knitwear! Date: 1912

Background imageMargot Collection: Miss Margot Park, actress and war worker

Miss Margot Park, actress and war worker
Miss Margot Park, an actress, who, according to The Sketch, had left the stage during the war to work at the Ministry of Munitions. Whether this was in a factory or office setting is unclear

Background imageMargot Collection: Miss Margot Erskine modelling tea pyjamas

Miss Margot Erskine modelling tea pyjamas
Miss Margot Erskine modelling a new innovation and substitute for the tea gown - tea-pyamas, the latest importation from Paris and decidedly picturesque and pleasing

Background imageMargot Collection: Mrs Asquith with her daughter, Elizabeth

Mrs Asquith with her daughter, Elizabeth
MARGOT ASQUITH Emma Alice Margaret, nee Tennant, Scottish society figure and second wife of H H Asquith, married 1894. Pictured with her daughter, Elizabeth

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Asquith (1864-1945)

Margot Asquith (1864-1945)
Photographic portrait of Margot (Emma Alice Margaret) Asquith (1864-1945), the Scottish society figure and wife of H.H. Asquith, picture date unknown

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Asquith, 1905

Margot Asquith, 1905
Photographic portrait of Margot (Emma Alice Margaret) Asquith (1864-1945), the Scottish society figure and wife of H.H. Asquith, pictured in 1905

Background imageMargot Collection: Margot Asquith / The King

Margot Asquith / The King
MARGOT ASQUITH Emma Alice Margaret, nee Tennant, second wife of H H Asquith, married 1894


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