Gladys Collection

Chelsea Arts Ball - Noel Coward and Ivor Novello
A group at the Annual Chelsea Arts Club Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall every New Years Eve. Back row from left, Mr Frank Verner Leveson, Mrs Calthrop, Ivor Novello, Miss Gladys Cooper

Robin Redbreast
Poem by M. Nightingale about the robin, featuring a lovely decoration by Gladys M. Rees. Date: 1939

Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding
Scene at the wedding of Lord Fitzwilliam (Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe) to the Hon Gladys Bewicke-Copley, with an archway of swords provided by the Royal Horse Guards

The Leslie Girls dance troupe - Ella, Dris, Ann, Joyce, Gladys, Georgina, Dulcie, Tlly, Winnie and Kitty. Date: circa 1910

Advertisement for Doctors China Tea by Gladys Peto, done in her characteristic decorative style. Date: c.1924

Three lady golfers, 1914
Famous female golfers who fought a strenuous battle for the Cheshire Ladies Championship at Wallasey in April 1914. From left to right, Miss Gladys Ravenscroft (American champion)

Gladys Cooper in 1923
Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971) English actress of stage and screen. Playing here in " Peter Pan, the Boy that never Grow Up". 1923

Gladys, Albert Batchelor in British Klemm L25C 1A Swallow
Gladys and Albert Batchelor in his British Klemm L25C 1A Swallow, G-ACXD

Albert and Gladys Batchelor with his Cierva C30A autogyro, G-ACWM

Albert and Gladys Batchelor in front of General Aircraft Monospar ST25 Jubilee, G-ADWH

Dodie Smith at home in Essex
Dorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright whose works include the play Autumn Crocus and the childrens novel

Young lady watching the couples dancing at a Grand Ball
Young lady smiles as she watches couples dancing at a Grand Ball from behind a large fan. Date: 1923

Play / Maugham / The Letter
Gladys Cooper as Lesley Crosbie in the play by Somerset Maugham

Gladys Osborne Leonard, trance medium
Gladys Osborne Leonard (1882-1968), British trance medium. Date: 20th century

Albert and Gladys Batchelor in front of his Cierva C30A autogyro, G-ACWM

Stylish young lady writing a letter sitting on cushions
A stylish young lady seated on a set of plump and elaborate cushions, writing a series of blank letters to a male friend, as a lead-up to an April Fools Day prank! Date: 1923

Gladys Swarthout (1900 - 1969), American opera singer who also appeared in films

Lady Swaythling
Gladys Helen Rachel (n饠 Goldsmid), Lady Swaythling (1879-1965), Vice-President of the NSPCC; wife of 2nd Baron Swaythling (head of the banking firm)

Mrs Leonard
GLADYS OSBORNE LEONARD English spirit medium

Ovaltine advertisement designed by Gladys Peto in her usual gorgeous, decorative style, showing women of all ages partaking of Ovaltine in a garden because it

Duke of Marlborough and Gladys Deacon on wedding day
Charles Spencer-Churchill, the 9th Duke of Marlborough, and Miss Gladys Deacon on their wedding day in Paris, June 1921. The Rev T.H. Wright officiated and Mlle

A few top London dancing celebrities, 1922: Edgar Newman and Galdys Harrion (from the Midland Hotel, Manchester); M. Camille de Rhynal (dancer and composer)

English Actress Gladys Gray
English Stage Actress Gladys Gray - promotional postcard for Anami Shampoo products! Date: 1926

Mrs Calthrop
A portrait painting of Gladys Calthrop, sat with folded arms, wearing a distinctive orange dress. After befriending Noel Coward

Letter from Captain Edward Smith to his daughter
Future Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, from RMS Baltic - a unique handwritten letter to his daughter Helen, dated 29 November 1906: My Dear Daughter

Achieving Women
Carrie Fin and Lady Gordon Cumming displaying large fish. And actress Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) sitting for a portrait with Walter Webster (1877-1959). Date: 1932

Dancer Chita
The dancer Chita, real name Gladys Hawking, active on the West End cabaret scene. Date: circa 1931

Gladys Cooper
Actress Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), later Dame Gladys, showing off some of her gowns. Date: 1931

Miss Collins
A portrait oil painting of Miss Gladys Neville Collins, daughter of trustee of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria, J. T. Collins. Date: circa 1925

Gladys Calthrop with poster
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an artist and stage designer, here seen with a recruitment poster she designed for the Mechanised Transport Corps (MTC). Date: 1940

Communist party candidate campaigning
Gladys Easton (?), who stood as the Communist Party candidate in the London constituency of Battersea North in two elections (1964 & 1966), speaking to roadworkers. Date: 1960s

Noel Coward and Gladys Calthrop, 1937
Noel Coward (1899 - 1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, and Gladys Calthrop, artist and stage designer. Date: 1937

When the cat's away the mice will play
Girl and boy with cat. When the cat's away the mice will play by Gladys Peto

Girl and boy sheltering in a tree. It never rains, but it pours by Gladys Peto

Palying Red Indians and Hide and Seek. It's a long lane that has no turning by Gladys Peto

Children picking fruit, one fallen over. A rolling stone gathers no moss by Gladys Peto

Children, dog and toy horse. You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink by Gladys Peto

Gladys Callow, the woman with a way with her pictured with various animals at London Zoo. Date: 1923

Gladys Callow, The Woman with the Way with Her
The Woman with the Way with Her. Gladys Callow, Fellow of the Zoological Society of London is at home with all sorts of animals at the zoo

Comic postcard, Kangaroo couple with missing baby Date: 20th century

The Plaza, Piccadilly Circus, London
The Plaza Theatre, Piccadilly Circus, London, iluminated at night. Date: circa 1930s

Advertisement for Skippers Sailor Savouries sandwich filling with a poem illustrated by Gladys Peto. Date: c.1924

The Night Before Xmas
Children arranging their Christmas stockings around the fireplace. Artist: Evelyn Gladys Hall Date: 1907

Gladys Peto, aka Mrs. C. Lindsey Emmerson, (1890 - 1977), artist and illustrator. Date: 1927

Gladys George in Madame X (1937) wearing a Dolly Tree gown Date: 1937

Gladys Cooper and children at Frinton on Sea
Actress Gladys Cooper on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea on the Essex coast where she had a holiday home with her children Joan and John Buckmaster. Date: 1927

Visit Egypt advertisement by Gladys Peto
Exquisite advertisement for the Egypt Travel Bureau by Gladys Peto in The Graphic featuring tourists in Petos trademark colourful frocks among ancient ruins. Date: 1930

Gladys Calthrop - The House That Was a Mill. Showing the theatre designer in her home, a converted mill, at Charing, Kent. (1 of 2) Date: 1933

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