Messel Collection

Tatler cover, Countess of Rosse
The Countess of Rosse, formerly Anne Messel, sister of designer Oliver Messel. She was married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1925, with whom she had a daughter and a son

Oliver Messel (1904 - 1978), English designer of film sets, costume and interiors. Pictured with his portrait of the Countess of Seafield. Date: 1928

Bystander cover - Mrs Ronald Armstrong-Jones
Mrs Ronald Armstrong-Jones, formerly Anne Messel (later Parsons). She was married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones, with whom she had a daughter and a son, before she married Michael Parsons

WW2 - Home Front - children from the Buckingham Gate Central School, evacuated to Handcross, West Sussex, lay out herbs in Drying shed (a converted boiler house) at Nyman s, Handcross

A Pearl of Beauty by Cecil Beaton in The Sketch, 1930
Mrs. Ronald Armstrong-Jones, photographed by Cecil Beaton in a costume designed by her brother, Oliver Messel. Anne Messel (later Parsons) was previously married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones

Oliver Messel, Mme Lelong and Serge Lifar at Venice Lido
Theatre designer and interior decorator Oliver Messel, Mme Lucien Lelong (Princess Natalie Paley) and the Ballets Russes star

The Countess of Rosse and her Daughter
Anne Messel, the Countess of Rosse and her eldest daughter from her first marriage are shown in this photography. Anne Messel (later Parsons) was previously married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones

At a Bright Young Party
Cartoon showing some young personalities of the time at a party: Rosemary Hope-Vere, Oliver Messel, Philip Kindersley, Lord Donegall, Sir Anthony Weldon, Lady Seafield, Hon

Cecil Beatons tea party in a tram
Cecil Beaton hosted a tea party in a tram which stood in his garden at Ashcombe, his Wiltshire home. Round the table are Princesse Jean de Faucigny-Lucinge, Mr Cecil Beaton, Mr Charles James

Oliver Messel, 1940
Costume designer Oliver Messel alongside a model at his studio in Yeomans Row. The model pictured is wearing the costume of Jocasta in The Infernal Machine

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon
Fossil skeleton from the Middle Eocene, Lutetian, Oil Shale from Messel near Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. From the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. Fossil bat

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