Raining Gallery

Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1933

Front cover illustration featuring an extremely glamorous lady wearing a bright orange coat with fur trims, a yellow hat with orange feather and holding a blue clutch bag. Her porter, decked out in a purple suit with matching cap, shields her from the rain and carries her pet pooch.

© Illustrated London News/Mary Evans

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Watercolour by Reg Carter, The Squall

Watercolour by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist, entitled The Squall, probably painted at Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street. He gave painting lessons to the young Harold Auerbach when the latter was in Southwold on holiday.
1908

© The Patricia Aubrey Collection / Mary Evans

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The US Capitol Building at night - Washington D. C., USA

The US Capitol Building at night - Washington D. C., USA. The cornerstone was laid by President Washington in 1793; the central building was finished in 1797; and the extensions were first occupied by Congress in 1857. Date: 1938

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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