Alhambra Gallery

Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain - Mirador of Lindaraja

Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain - Mirador of Lindaraja (or Daraxa) - The dressing room or bedroom of the Sultana had this bay window (or a mirador). The windows are low because the occupants reclined on the floor on cushions or ottomans. Date: circa 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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5064 Gerrard by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale

5064 Gerrard revue by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale; music arranged by Willy Redestone. Artist Harold Smith. The revue was first produced at the Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, London on 19th March 1915, running for several months. The star Gaby Deslys, is shown wearing an extravagant feather headdress and holding a telephone. The title of the revue refers to the telephone number of the Alhambra Theatre. The programme also included a cartoonist, vocalist and comedy acrobats, as well as a bioscope with all the latest war news. Date: 1915

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Vincent Davico and Gwen Price and Mlle Vera Savina

In the Ballroom and the Theatre: Vincent Davico and Gwen Price (dancing at the Waldorf Hotel) and Mlle Vera Savina (wife of Leonide Massine and in her own ballet company that performed Zephr at the Alhambra), London, 1923 Date: 1923

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

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