Allan Gallery

The Deck of the SS Gallia, 1879

Engraving showing the deck, funnel and masts of the Cunard Company's Steamship Gallia at sea, 1879. Launched earlier that year, the Gallia worked for the Cunard Line until 1897 when she was sold to the Beaver Line. Two years later she was sold to the Allan Line and the next year she was stranded on Sorel Point, Quebec, then salvaged and finally scrapped

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Elizabeth Alllan in a contemproary Dolly Tree gown

When Dolly Tree created the period wardrobe for David Selznick?s A Tale of Two Cities (1935), she also designed an accompanying collection of contemporary gowns with a period flavour for Elizabeth Allan. The collection was called ?Regency Fashions in the grand manner?. This is one of the very simple, yet totally elegant formal gowns with a cape lined in a lighter tone. Date: 1935

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

Marie Dorval as Queen Elisabeth in Le Chateau

Marie Dorval or Madame Allan Dorval as Queen Elisabeth in Le Chateau de Kenilworth by Jean-Baptiste Blache and Henri Lemaire, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1822. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Lavigne Marin from Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans different roles, F. Noel, Paris, 1825. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans