Hugo Gallery

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. Her stepmother was formerly Ina Marjorie Gwendolin Pelly (?-1969), an amateur dancer who had recently organised a Pavane at a fete at Knole. Irene was making her debut in 1931. They are seen here looking into a small aquarium, for reasons unknown. Date: 1931

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1

Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389, Royal Berkshire Regiment). He was born In Bermondsey, enlisted in Camberwell, lived In Kennington, died on active service 31.8.1917, buried at the Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Flaanderen, Belgium (Grave Reference Va14)

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library

Extinct Mosasaur, Pterosaur and sea turtle

An extinct seasnake-like Mosasaur in the Niobrara sea, North America, late Cretaceous. A pterosaur, Pteranodon, at left, and sea turtle at right. Mosasaurs were probably giant sea monitor lizards of their time. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsche's Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

© Florilegius