Debut Collection

Lady Elizabeth and Lady Rose Paget by Mme Yevonde
Lady Elizabeth and Lady Rose Paget by Madame Yevonde. Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916-1980) was the second daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, making her debut in 1933

Primrose Phyllis Salt by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Major-General Harold Francis Salt DSO, making her debut in 1933. Date: 1933

Motor racing in the 1950s
Reg Parnells maiden BRM V16 win Goodwood, England, 30th September 1950. Date: 1950

Irene Cholmondeley and stepmother by Madame Yevonde
Irene Cholmondeley (1913-?) and her stepmother by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Hugo Cholmondeley

J H King - Cricketer
John H King - left-handed cricketer for Leicestershire and England, making his debut for his country in 1909

Gloster GA. 5 Javelin 2nd prototype WD808
Gloster GA.5 Javelin 2nd prototype WD808, seen during its air display, at the 1952 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. First flown on 21 August 1952

Julie Andrews with mother and step-father, Starlight Roof
Julie Andrews, aged 12, photographed at home with her mother Barbara at the piano and her step-father, at the time she was appearing in Starlight Roof at the London Hippodrome

Madame DAlvarez
A portrait painting of Marguerite d'Alvarez, an English contralto who sang on various operatic and concert stages, including Samson and Delilah performed in Rouen in 1907

Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill (1922 -2000) was the daughter of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and cousin to Winston Churchill. She emigrated to the USA in 1945, and was reknowned for her charity work

Cover of Eve Magazine 28 January 1925, featuring the actress Audrey Lucas who made her stage debut in the latest revival of Peter Pan Date: 1925

Advert for The G Sisters, 1930, German dancers, stars of the Paris music hall who made their film debut in the King of Jazz Date: 1930

Anna Neagle, pictured in The Bystander at the time she was starring in the London Hippodrome in Stand Up and Sing, the first principal role she had in the West End. Date: 1931

Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) British-born conductor & composer. Mixed race daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Augustus Harris - The Theatre magazine
Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist, at the time of the debut of his play (co-written with Pettitt) Human Nature - in The Theatre Magazine, June 1886. 1886

Monica Grenfell
The Hon. Monica Grenfell, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Desborough. Sister to Julian and Billy Grenfell who were both killed during the First World War

Miss Patience Brand
Patience Boo Brand, daughter of Lt.-Colonel Brand and Lady Rosabelle Brand. She served in the WVS Canteen Service during the second World War aged 18. 1939

FRENCH DOMESTIC BUILDING
A superb example of debut-de- siecle French domestic architecture - a private hotel at Nogent-sur-Marne, with fancy decoration applied to every nook and cranny. Date: 1905

Lady Elizabeth Paget by Madame Yevonde
Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget (1916-1980) by Madame Yevonde. She was a daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, making her debut in 1933

Judi Dench as Ophelia and Coral Browne as Gertrude
Dame Judi Denchs professional stage debut as Ophelia with Coral Browne as Gertrude in Hamlet, produced by the London Old Vic Company. Date: 1957

Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) British-born conductor & composer. Mixed race daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Madame Mata-Hari dancing at the Musee Guimet
Mata Hari, a Malay name meaning eye of the day was the stage name of Margaretha Zelle, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan

John Howard Davies (b. 1939) English actor who gained fame as a child actor making his debut as Oliver Twist

Salle Pleyel, Paris
A concert at the Salle Pleyel, rue Rochechouart, Paris : this is where Chopin made his Paris debut in 1832

Le Debut by Kenneth Crouch
A ballerina poses with flowers in her dressing room while a vignette below shows her falling to a curtsey among flowers thrown onto the stage by admirers. Date: 1920

Bystander front cover featuring Miss Mary Ashley
Hon. Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley, daughter of multi-millionaire, Lt-Col Wilfred Ashley (1st Baron Mount Temple) and sister of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten

Caricature of Lillie Langtry, actress and producer
Caricature of Lillie Langtry (Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, 1853-1929), actress and producer. Seen here entering the Haymarket Theatre, London, by the Stage Door for her debut public appearance

Gambetta at a Salon
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, making his debut at Madame Adams Paris salon, an influential gathering - where his hostess is the only female ! Date: 1838 - 1882

Cleo De Merode / Fantasio
CLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer at the age of seven, when she made her debut in the Corps de Ballet de l Opera Date: circa 1890s

Jurassic L scape
A landscape during the Jurassic era, when dinosaurs abound, but man has still to make his debut Date: 208-146 million BC

The 1958 Season - Gay companions to sparkling debut
Double page spread from The Tatler suggesting various accessories required by the debutante to ensure a sparkling season! Clockwise from top left

WW1 - Double-sized German biplane debut over Poelcappelle
WW1 - The new extra-sized German fighter biplane shown making its debut in the war. It was nicknamed Fritz by the British

McDonnell XP-67 -shown at its public debut, this fighter was one of several wartime offerings ruined by their experimental engines

Henschel Hs 123A -first flown in 1936, this single seat dive bomber proved very effective from its Spanish Civil War debut through to mid 1944

Armstrong Whitworth FK 8 two-seat reconnaissance bomber, first flown in May 1916, with an operational debut in January 1917. Production ended in July 1918. Date: circa 1916-1918

Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace, London
The London Season of 1912: the Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace. A diagrammatic view showing the progress of the debutante from the moment she enters the building to the time she leaves. 1912

Lady Caroline Paget by Madame Yevonde
Lady Caroline Paget (1913-1973) by Madame Yevonde. She was the eldest daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, making her debut in 1931. Seen here with a bird perched on her hands. Date: 1931

Rosalie Hearfield by Madame Yevonde
Pamela Rosalie Suzanne Hearfield (1915-?) by Madame Yevonde. She made her debut at court in 1933. She became engaged to Anthony Lyttleton Ramsden Henville Thresher in 1948. Date: 1933

Susan Corbett and Mrs R W Crawford by Madame Yevonde. Margaret Susan Corbett (?-1981) was the daughter of Geoffrey Robert Josceline Corbett of County Fermanagh, Ireland

Susan Corbett by Madame Yevonde
Margaret Susan Corbett (?-1981) by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Geoffrey Robert Josceline Corbett of County Fermanagh, Ireland

Mary Ashley by Madame Yevonde
Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley (1906-?) by Madame Yevonde. She was the younger daughter of the Rt Hon Wilfrid William Ashley MP, and sister of Lady Louis Mountbatten

A debutante gets ready for court presentation, 1880s
A 20th century impression of a young debutante getting ready to be presented at court. As two maids put the finishing touches to her dress, her mother beams at her proudly

Lily White, who is she? a debut, June 25th. Date c1913

Magician / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper makes his debut on the boards at a London Music Hall in the roll of a professional trickster, where he sits on an unsuspecting woman in an attempt to make her disappear

Shepherds Informed
The Illustrated London News made its debut in coloured journalism on the 22nd December 1855 when the first series of coloured printed pictures appeared in its Christmas supplement

1887 Royal Drawing-Room
THE JUBILEE DRAWING-ROOM To make your debut before the Queen is an awe-inspiring event at any time but it is particularly awesome in this Jubilee Year

Marguerite Georges
MARGUERITE GEORGES WEYMER French actress, made her Paris debut in 1802 and was briefly the mistress of Napoleon

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