Loving Gallery

Nancy Lancaster at Pytchley Hunt

A Loving-Cup. Mrs Ronald Tree (now better known as Nancy Lancaster) drinking a toast from the loving-cup presented to her husband, joint-Master of the Pytchley hunt. Nancy Lancaster (1897 - 1994), nee Perkins, was an influential American-born tastemaker, interior decorator and garden designer. She married Ronald Tree in 1920, moving to Britain in 1927; the couple divorced in 1947 and she married Claude Lancaster in 1948. She was associated with the English Country House Style. Date: 1934

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Promotional postcard for So This Is Love by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby’ music Hal Brod

Promotional postcard for So This Is Love by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby music Hal Brody. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, London (now New London Theatre) 25th April 1928. The image is well chosen, as, according to The Times, there was much in the way of singing and dancing and marvellous cart-wheels'. Artist: E P Kinsella Date: 1928

So This Is Love! by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby

Promotional postcard for So This Is Love by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby music Hal Brody. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, London (now New London Theatre) 25th April 1928. The image is well chosen, as, according to The Times, there was much in the way of singing and dancing and marvellous cart-wheels'. Artist: E P Kinsella Date: 1928

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library