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Sparrowes House, or The Ancient House, Ipswich, Suffolk

Sparrowes House, or The Ancient House, Ipswich, Suffolk, is an architectural gem, built in 1567 by George Copping. It has four oriel windows and even the gabled windows have cupids Date: circa 1901

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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The Tatler front-cover: The Duchess of Windsor

The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, in The Tatler magazine, March 1939. The caption reads: This portrait of the beautiful wife of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor, with whom she is also seen in a photograph on the succeeding page, has only just been taken. The Duke and Duchess have spent much time recently at their villa at Cap d'Antibes and are moving into their new house in the Avenue Sauchet in Paris very shortly. The Duchess has the well-deserved reputation of being one of the best dressed women in the world. The Duke, as every one knows, is an ardent golfer and is rapidly becoming first class at the game

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Baba Beaton

Miss Baba Beaton is the younger of the two beautiful and attractive Beaton girls. They are among the most popular of the blonde ex-debs, and no party is complete without them. Both Miss Nancy and Miss Baba Beaton have often been photographed by their clever brother, but this double portrait is not one of Mr Cecil Beaton's camera studies. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait and commercial photographer active between 1915 and 1975. She is particularly well-known for her astonishingly modern work using the Vivex colour process during the 1930's. Her images of society folk and other personalities appeared regularly in The Sketch or The Tatler through the 1920's and 30's

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library