Cynthia Gallery

Wedding of Oswald Mosley and Cynthia Curzon

Wedding of Lady Cynthia Curzon and Oswald Mosley in 11 May 1920, as reported in The Sphere magazine. The left picture shows the bride leaving Carlton House Terrace with her father, Lord Curzon, for the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Middle photograph shows Cimmie posing in her wedding gown. According to The Sphere, The corsage of the gown is severely simple. The tight-fitting sleeves reach almost to the finger-tips and the drapery of the skirt is held in position by a long trailing sheaf of arum lilies. The gown was designed by Captain Edward Molyneux. Right hand picture shows the bride and bridegroom after the ceremony outside the residence of Lord Curzon at Carlton House Terrace where the brilliant reception was held. Date: 1920

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Exotic moths including the ailanthus silkmoth

Large emerald pearl, Stemorrhages sericea (Botys Desmia? sericea) 1, ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia (Saturnia cynthia) 2, Crotalaria pod borer, Argina astrea (Deiopeia astrea) 3, and Pidorus glaucopis (Callimorpha? glaucopis) 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Large emerald pearl, Stemorrhages sericea (Botys Desmia? sericea) 1, ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia (Saturnia cynthia) 2, Crotalaria pod borer, Argina astrea (Deiopeia astrea) 3, and Pidorus glaucopis (Callimorpha? glaucopis) 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Wedding of Lord Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Cynthia Ashley

Lord Louis Mountbatten escorting his new bride Lady Edwina Ashley after their marriage at St. Margarets, Westminster on 18th July 1922. The bride wears a silver dress by Reville and Rossiter and carries a bouquet of Madonna lilies and her train is attended to by bridesmaids, Princesses Cecilia and Sophia of Greece (sisters of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Officers of the Renown, the ship in which the bridegroom had voyaged with the Prince of Wales on his tours, acted as ushers at the church and formed an arch of swords under which the bridal procession passed out after the ceremony. Date: 1922

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection