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Glamourous Collection

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Putting on lipstick - David Wright

Putting on lipstick - David Wright
A smart blonde girls sitting in her boudoir applies some vivid red lipstick. Her red and black evening gown, awaits... Painting by David Wright

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Somebodys Cup of Tea by David Wright

Somebodys Cup of Tea by David Wright An elegant woman takes her breakfast in bed

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Glamourous Aviatrix

Glamourous Aviatrix
A glamourous blond Aviatrix, sporting red goggles and a cream flying helmet and jumpsuit enjoys a well earned smoke in between flights

Background imageGlamourous Collection: The Song to the Moon - Kay Nielsen

The Song to the Moon - Kay Nielsen
The Song to the Moon - The Art of Kay Nielsen. Date: 1913

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett (1910-1990) was one of three sisters who all had success as Hollywood actors. Joan appeared in over 70 films, spanning the silent and sound eras. Date: circa 1931

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Frances Dee

Frances Dee
American actress Frances Dee (1909-2004) had a film career spanning from the 1930s to the 1950s. Date: circa 1931

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Georgia Hale

Georgia Hale
Actress Georgia Hale (1900-1985) had just been picked to appear in Chaplin's film The Gold Rush'. Despite a promising start, her acting career foundered with the advent of the talkies'

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Judith Barrett

Judith Barrett
American actress Judith Barrett (1909-2000), also known as Lucille Kelley and Nancy Dover. Her final film role was to be a year later in Those Were the Days! Date: circa 1939

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Virginia Dale

Virginia Dale
Actress Virginia Dale (1917-1994) near the beginning of her film and television career. Date: circa 1939

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Ann Sheridan in Winter Carnival

Ann Sheridan in Winter Carnival
American actress Ann Sheridan (1915-1967), real name Clara Lou Sheridan, here appearing in the film Winter Carnival'. Date: 1939

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Mrs Christa Brassey

Mrs Christa Brassey
Christa Brassey (1909-1986) was born Dorothea Christa Baronin von Bodenhausen. Here she is being celebrated for her talents as a linguist and aviatrix. Date: 1939

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers
American actress, singer and dancer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995). At this period of her career she was developing her reputation as a nonmusical actor. Date: circa 1939

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Maria Luisa Castaneda, or Movita

Maria Luisa Castaneda, or Movita
American actress Maria Luisa Castaneda (1916-2015), also known as Movita. She appeared in films such as Flying Down to Rio and Mutiny on the Bounty At the time, she is Mrs Jack Doyle

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Advert showcasing a hairdresser's short cut and perm

Advert showcasing a hairdresser's short cut and perm
London hairdresser T. Vasco is advertising a scientific short cut and perm, using a steam-point-winding perming invention. Date: circa 1939

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Actress Valli Valli

Actress Valli Valli
Born Valli Knust in Berlin, Valli Valli (1882-1927) spent most of her life in England. She was a musical comedy actress who later made a transition into silent films. Date: circa 1910

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Lady on the telephone

Lady on the telephone
Glamourous lady in white chemise speaking on telephone. Artist: E Cockroft Date: circa 1912

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Italian girl in a stylish tasselled shawl

Italian girl in a stylish tasselled shawl Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Tatler front cover of Lady de Bathe (Lillie Langtry)

Tatler front cover of Lady de Bathe (Lillie Langtry)
Tatler front cover showing Lady de Bathe, Lillie Langtry, by name of Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe, n饠 Le Breton, also called (187497) Emilie Charlotte Langtry (born Oct)

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Marie Louise Berger

Marie Louise Berger
The French actress, Marie Louise Berger (renowned in the Theatre Athenie), in this illustration by Domergue. She is sporting an elegant red shawl with frills with ladybird dots

Background imageGlamourous Collection: The Gipsy Princess

The Gipsy Princess adapted by Arthur Miller and Arthur Stanley from the original by Leo Stein & Bela Jenbach; music Emmerich Kalman (Johann Strausstheater, Vienna, 17th November 1915)

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Women Munitions Work WW1

Women Munitions Work WW1. Rather glamourous munitions worker in purple dungarees standing next to 2 shells, with caption, You should see how the girls fill them! Date: circa 1916

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Bystander- Lady Diana Manner

Bystander- Lady Diana Manner
A photograph of Lady Diana Manners (1892-1986), later known as Lady Diana Cooper, a prominent social figure who helped raise funds for the Red Cross and other war charities during WW1

Background imageGlamourous Collection: The Rose in The Devils Garden - Gordon Nicoll

The Rose in The Devils Garden - Gordon Nicoll
The Rose in the Devils Garden by Gordon Nicoll Pretty young blonde-haired girl in a large white tutu and red ballet shoes, standing with her back to a stone wall

Background imageGlamourous Collection: The Parisian - A study by Mario De Goyon

The Parisian - A study by Mario De Goyon
" The Parisian" - a study. A beautiful French woman in a very low-cut dress and large extensive skirt, painted in front of a cloudy background. Date: 1923

Background imageGlamourous Collection: A rather boring date companion

A rather boring date companion. A glamorous young lady slightly regrets her choice of evening companion as his tales of carpet salesmanship fail to create the necessary spark

Background imageGlamourous Collection: A pretty English girl

A pretty English girl
The caption to this card on the reverse reads: " This is REAL PHOTOGRAPH of a BRITISH beauty" !! Date: circa 1910

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Model reclining in the sand dunes

Model reclining in the sand dunes
A semi-nude model reclinign artistically amid the soft sand and windswept marram grass on a coastal sand dune. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageGlamourous Collection: A Couple Jazz Babies

A Couple Jazz Babies
A glamourous couple strut their stuff

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Woman seated in evening dress

Woman seated in evening dress
Woman seated wearing a long silken evening dress. Pen & Ink (with wash) study by Raymond Sheppard

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Lady checks her appearance in a dressing table mirror

Lady checks her appearance in a dressing table mirror
A glamourous lady in fur trimmed spotted wrap, stockings and high heels, checks her appearance in a slender dressing table mirror, draped with a scarf in a similar fabric to the wrap

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Glamourous yet coy young lady

Glamourous yet coy young lady
A hand-coloured photographic postcard of a shy young lady in a bright low-cut blue dress with a finger to her mouth and wearing a long string of pearls

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Leaving a glamorous Party

Leaving a glamorous Party
Art Deco colour illustration showing a couple leaving a glamourous party in a car

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Alexandria - Mediterranean Resort Scene

Alexandria - Mediterranean Resort Scene
A scene from a resort in Alexandria, Egypt, but sent from Djeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is inconceivable today, due to Saudi religious law restrictions on such imagery

Background imageGlamourous Collection: The Cold Shoulder. By Jorgen Myller

The Cold Shoulder. By Jorgen Myller
An stylised illustration by Jorgen Myller of two glamourous ladies gossiping at a party

Background imageGlamourous Collection: In the Black and White

In the Black and White Room, pin up art of a woman

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Advertisement for Dentures, 1926

Advertisement for Dentures, 1926
Photographic advertisement showing a glamourous model advertising the importance of denture care

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Road crash with glamorous lady

Road crash with glamorous lady
Humorous sketch of a road crash in which a glamourous lady and gentlemen sit beside their ditched car, with the gentleman proclaiming to the cars tax disc, Expiring December 31st..Liar!

Background imageGlamourous Collection: Blonde Page Boy Hairdo

Blonde Page Boy Hairdo
A blonde woman with a fifties page boy hairstyle shown in profile


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