Portraits Collection (page 20)

Sonia Henie
Sonja Henie (1912 - 1969), Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies Singles

Lady Marguerite Strickland by Olive Snell
Lady Marguerite Strickland (1913 - 2002), only daughter of the Earl of Darnley, one of the loveliest of the young married women in society. Her marriage to Mr

Ginger Rogers by G. Cattermole
Ginger Rogers (1911 - 1995), dancer and actress, drawn by G. Cattermole for The Sketch at the time she was appearing in the new RKO movie Vivacious Lady. Date: 1938

Sketch cover - Lady Brownlow by Madame Yevonde
Katherine Kitty Hariet Kinloch, Lady Brownlow (d.1952) photographed by Madame Yevonde She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Sir David Alexander Kinloch of Gilmerton

Lady Pamela Berry, formerly Smith (1915 - 1982), younger daughter of the 1st earl of Birkenhead. In 1936 she married Hon. William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell

The Duchess of Richmond and Gordon, formerly Elizabeth Grace Hudson, wife of the 9th Duke and daughter of Rev. Thomas William Hudson. She and the duke were married for sixty-one years. Date: 1938

Elsie Randolph in Stand Up and Sing
Elsie Randolph (1904 - 1982), film and stage actress and entertainer, pictured wearing a rather dashing naval outfit in the hit musical Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome

Miss Margaret Whigham and Lord Selby
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Frances Day (1908 - 1984), born Frances Schenk, revue, cabaret, television and film actress and one of the original blonde bombshells

Miss Margaret Whigham with her harp
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Angela Baddeley and children by Madame Yevonde
Angela Baddeley (1904 - 1976), English stage and television actress, " in private life Mrs Glen Byam Shaw" pictured with her children Jane and George by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1931

Sir William Orpen with painting of Anna Pavlova
Sir William Orpen R.A. (1878 - 1931), pictured with his painting of Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1931. Date: 1931

Lady Georgiana Curzon & Countess Howe by Yevonde
Mary Howe (nÚÑáCurzon), Countess Howe (1887 - 1962), First wife of 5th Earl Howe pictured right, with her daughter Lady Georgiana Mary Kidston (nÚÑáCurzon, later Lady Starkey) (1910-1976)

Binnie Hale, playing Jill in Mr Cinders
Binnie Hale (Bernice Hale Munro) (1899 - 1984), British revue artiste and actress, photographed by Sasha at the time she was playing Jill opposite Bobby Howes in the hit musical comedy Mr Cinders

Lady Lettice Lygon by Olive Snell
Lady Lettice Cotterell (nÚÑáLygon) (1906-1973), Wife of Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp. Lygon family possible inspiration for Waughs Brideshead Revisited

Viscountess Weymouth pictured on holiday (probably on the Riviera) by Olive Snell. She was formerly the Hon. Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian (1904-1997), and married Viscount Weymouth in 1927 Date: 1929

Lord and Lady Charles Cavendish (Adele Astaire)
Adele Astaire (1896 - 1981), comedy actress and dance partner of her brother, Fred Astaire from childhood until 1932, when she retired from dance to marry the British aristocrat Lord Charles Spencer

Mrs Marcellus Thomson, daughter of the American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, H. E. Colonel George Harvey. Date: 1923

Vanda Hoff, theatrical and interpretative dancer, and wife of band leader Paul Whiteman. The Tatler reports that, " Miss Vanda Hoff dances bewitchingly

Lady Kathleen Stanley by Madame Yevonde
Lady Kathleen Stanley, formerly Lady Kathleen Thynne, eldest daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Bath. She married Lieut.-Colonel, the Hon. Oliver Stanley. Date: 1923

Miss Myrtle Farquarson
Miss Myrtile Farquarson, elder daughter of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. A. H. Farquarson by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1923

Lady Loughborough
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough

Barbara Cartland
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, prolific British novelist, though the Tatler describes her here as, " the pretty daughter of Mrs Cartland

Princess Margaret and Princess Theodora of Greece
Princess Theodora of Greece (l), later Margravine of Baden (1906-69), and Princess Margaret or Margarita of Greece (r), (1905 - 1981), Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Peggy O Neill to star in Mercenary Mary at London Hippodrome
Peggy O Neill (1898-1960), Irish-born theatre actress and entertainer pictured with a Pekingese puppy in The Sketch at the time she was appearing in Mercenary Mary at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1926

Florence Mills (1896 - 1927), born Florence Winfrey, American cabaret singer, dancer and comedienne. At the time she was appearing in " From Dover Street to Dixie" at the London Pavilion

Dudley Hardy (1867 - 1922), English painter and illustrator best known for his famous posters featuring the Gaiety girls. Caricature by J. H

John Hassall (1868 - 1948), prolific and hugely successful artist and designer, best known for his poster creations including the famous " Skegness is so Bracing" poster

Mr H. E. Moss, managing director of the London Hippodrome
Sir Horace Edward Moss (1852 - 1912), British theatre impresario and the founder, chairman and joint managing director of the Moss Empires Ltd

Elizabeth Cowell by Madame Yevonde
Elizabeth Cowell (1912 - 1998), British broadcaster and the first woman television announcer by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1940

Lady Weymouth by Madame Yevonde
Viscountess Weymouth by Madame Yevonde. She was formerly the Hon. Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian (1904-1997), and married Viscount Weymouth in 1927. Date: 1931

Daisy Kennedy the violinist by Madame Yevonde
" An artist to her fingertips". Daisy Kennedy (Mrs. John Drinkwater), 1893-1981, Australian-born concert violinist. Date: 1931

Marion Davies by Autori
Caricature of Marion Davies (1897 - 1961), actress, producer, screenwriter, philanthropist and lover of William Randolph Hearst

Tatler cover, The Hon. Mary Coke by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Mary Katharine Coke, younger daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Coke, and granddaughter of the Earl of Leicester, pictured at the time of her engagement to Thomas Cockayne Harvey

Mrs Anthony Eden by Madame Yevonde
Mrs Anthony Eden, nee Beatrice Beckett photographed by Madame Yevonde. The Tatler describes the picture as her latest portrait but in fact the image dates back to 1935 when a colour version of her as

Tatler cover, Lady Ironside by Madame Yevonde
Lady Ironside, formerly Miss Mariot Ysobel Cheyne, wife of Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of Imperial General Staff during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Animated Photography, Prince George in Many Moods
HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902 - 1942), fourth son of George V and Queen Mary, shown in multiple through the new and original Polyfoto process. Date: 1933

Edward Huskinson, editor of The Tatler
Portrait of Edward ( Peter ) Huskinson (1878 - 1941), editor of The Tatler for thirty-two years until his retirement in 1940 and a director of Illustrated Newspapers Ltd

The future Lady Warwick, Miss Margaret Whigham
Portrait of Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny, and then the Duchess of Argyll, pictured in The Tatler at the time of her engagement to the Earl of Warwick

Laura Cowie with daughter Ursula by Madame Yevonde
Actress Laura Cowie (1892 - 1969), who in private life was Mrs John Hastings Turner, wife of the author and playwright, pictured with her daughter Ursula on the front cover of The Sketch in 1932 at

Lawson Wood
Clarence Lawson Wood (1878-1957), successful illustrator and comic artist, best-known for his wily orang-utan Gran pop who was published in The Sketch

Prince Chula of Siam
H.R.H. Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Siam (1908-1963), only child of Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath and his Russian wife, Ekaterina Desnitskaya

The Hippodrome Beauty Queens, London, May 1915. 1915

Doria March (1893 - 1974), born Katharine Hamilton Ewing, Canadian actress, hailed, the best-dressed woman in Canada. Date: 1930

Bystander cover - Marchioness of Headfort
The Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective

Davy Burnaby caricatured by Garretto
Actor and entertainer George Davy Burnaby (1881 - 1949), caricatured by Garretto in The Bystander. Burnaby appeared in numerous films but was also well known for forming The Co-optimists a revue

Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). (1887 - 1965). Best known for editorship of Punch magazine and World War II propaganda posters. Date: 1924

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