Complete Gallery

Princess Beatrice in 1860

Princess Beatrice, later Priness Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert photographed in 1860. Her elaborate dress, complete with garlands, gloves and fan, suggests she was dressed up for a special occasion, perhaps the Queen's birthday on 24 May

© Charlotte Zeepvat/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

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

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages, First a portion of BOAC Stratocruiser was inserted in the rear fuselage and then the large outer shell of the cargo compartment was added to the standard B337 fuselage, for aerodynamic and structural trials. After the aircraft flew successfully and was demonstrated to Wernher von Braun, sufficient interest was generated to complete the conversion by cutting away the standard fuselage inside the large shell. - (photographer - AR Krieger) Date: 1962

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans