Elliott Gallery

Chateau de L'Horizon - Riviera villa of Maxine Elliott

The Chateau L'Horizon, the extensive and luxurious villa built at Golfe Juan on the French Rivera by American actress Maxine Elliott. The villa was designed by Barry Dierks and cost 80, 000 when it was built in 1931. Among its outstanding features were shady balcony windows and a swimming pool with a chute out into the sea. Many famous figures stayed at the villa over the years including Winston Churchill and, in 1936, King Edward VIII. Date: 1936

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At Maxine Elliotts chateau at Golfe Juan, French Riviera

Page from The Tatler reporting on distinguished guests enjoying the hospitality at the luxury villa belonging to American actress Maxine Elliott at Golfe Juan on the French Riviera. The villa was designed by architect Barry Dierks and built at a cost of 80, 000. Among its features were shaded balconies and a water chute from the swimming pool out into the sea. Among the guests featured here are Mrs Rhoda Lewisohn, Lady Castlerosse, Diana Forbes-Robertson (Maxine's niece and subsequent biographer), Sir Victor and Lady Warrender, Sir Michael Duff-Assheton-Smith and the novelist, Michael Arlen. Date: 1935

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Caricatures at Royal Ascot, 1927

Weighing out for the cartoon stakes at Ascot - and some of the "the heads" whose colours have established a reputation for "showing up" at the Royal meeting. Included are Sir George Bullough, Lord Lonsdale, the Aga Khan, Sir Abe Bailey, Lord Glanely, Col Sofer Whitburn and Lord Derby. Jockeys in the chair are Steve Donoghue, C. Smirke, E. C. Elliott, T. Weston, Joe Childs, Jack Leach, J. Thwaites and Micky Beary. Date: 1927

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