Scandalous Collection

Caricature of Annette Kellerman - Swimmer and Actress
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (18861975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume

Amelia Bloomer, Originator of the New Dress - the first sight the British public received of the scandalous new attire for women

Ramon Novarro - Mexican Actor
Ramon Novarro (1899-1968) - Mexican Actor, murdered by asphyxiation by two hired rent boys who believed that a large sum of money was hidden in Novarros house. Date: circa 1930s

Alice de Janze in court after shooting Raymond de Trafford
Alice de Janze, Comtesse de Janze and later, Alice de Trafford (1899-1941) pictured in court in Paris where she stood trial for shooting her lover Raymond de Trafford in the Gare du Nord

Colonel Barker - Valerie Smith
Page from The Graphic reporting on the case of Colonel Barker (aka John Hill and Geoffrey Norton), who was born Lilias Irma Valerie Barker in 1895

Mrs Charles Sweeny and daughter
Mrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later, on her second marriage, Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her daughter Frances

Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet and dress with
Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet, scarf, dress with transparent sleeves and brodequin bootees. A strict casuist might find something reprehensible with this bodice

Father Nicholas of Tirana accused of eating his wife
Story in The Graphic in January 1928 alleging that Father Nicholas, a Greek Orthodox priest from Tirana was being tried for pickling

Maud Allan as Salome
Maud Allan in her famous role as Salome, holding aloft the head of John the Baptist. Photograph reproduced in The Bystander which comments on the scandal her erotic portrayal of a religious subject

Harem skirt or harem pants
The fashion that was to cause a scandal: daring harem pants or Turkish trousers. Date: 1911

The Dennistoun case in the law courts
A page from the Sphere showing portraits of the people involved in the scandalous Dennistoun law case, also known as the Bachelors Case

SERPENTINE DANCE 1894
The serpentine dancer was considered daring - to say the least - scandalous - say others : but it was very popular... Date: 1894

A CAUSE CELEBRE a scandalous divorce in fashionable society Date: 1909

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

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

Scandalous Frocks 1908
Brazen women cause a scandal at the French races in their decollete gowns which use transparent fabrics over the chest in order to conform to the fashion for high collars

The Hypocrites by Henry Arthur Jones. First produced in in England at the Hicks Theatre, 27th August 1907. The image shows Leonard Wilmore kisses Rachel Neve

Regina Badet as a Bacchante
French actress and dancer, Anne Regina Badet (1876 - 1949), dressed as a bacchante at the Theatre des Capucines, Paris. She was a major star of the Opera-Comique in Paris

Mr Donald and Lady Idina Haldeman
The notorious Lady Idina Sackville with her fourth husband, Mr Donald Haldeman. Date: 1930

Count Bergami - 1
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier and companion to Caroline of Brunswick; her scandalous relationship with him was the basis for her trial, but was not proved. Date: circa 1805-1815

Count Bergami - 2
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier, companion to Caroline, queen of George Prince of Wales; their scandalous relationship led to her trial for adultery. Date: circa 1805-1815

The Rotters by H F Maltby
Promotional postcard for The Rotters by H. F. Maltby. First produced at the Winter Gardens, New Brighton, 10th July and Garrick Theatre, 29th July 1916

Madame Steinheil at work
Marguerite Jeanne " Meg" Japy Steinheil, Lady Abinger (1869 - 1954), French woman famous for her many love affairs with important men

Bartolomeo Count Bergami
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier and companion to Caroline of Brunswick; her scandalous relationship with him was the basis for her trial, but was not proved. Date: circa 1820

Count Bartolomeo Bergami
BARTOLOMEO, count BERGAMI Italian courier, companion to Caroline, queen of George Prince of Wales; their scandalous relationship led to her trial for adultery. Date: circa 1815

Elizabeth Taylor - 2
ELIZABETH TAYLOR witness at the scandalous sale of commissions trial involving the duke of York, no less ! Date: circa 1809

Elizabeth Taylor
ELIZABETH TAYLOR witness at the scandalous sale of commissions trial involving the duke of York, would you believe ? Date: circa 1809

Francois Comte LA Motte
FRANCOIS HENRI comte de LA MOTTE - French aristocrat whose wife Jeanne, mistress of the cardinal de Rohan, masterminded the scandalous Diamond Necklace affair. Date: CIRCA 1785

Phil. Chr. Konigsmark
PHILIP CHRISTOPH KONIGSMARK Swedish soldier, lover of Sophia Dorothea (wife of George I) - a scene from a play Count Konigsmark based on the scandalous story. Date: 1665 - 1694

Portrait of Marie Lloyd, a famous early 20th century English music hall singer. (Matilda Alice Victoria Wood) 1904

Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle

Listening to the Banned by Kippa
Humorous illustration by Kippa featuring a group seated ready for after dinner evening entertainment, only to be shocked by a young woman reading aloud from a scandalous novel

Turkish Trousers 1911
A daring young lady wears the fashionable yet scandalous harem pants or Turkish trousers with a sleeveless bolero & turban or toque. 1911

Augustus Earl of Bristol
AUGUSTUS JOHN HERVEY, third earl of BRISTOL Naval commander, gave evidence at Byngs trial : husband of Elizabeth Chudleigh, a lady of scandalous habits

Mississippi Scheme
Allegorical representation of the Mississippi scheme which, like the South Sea Bubble in England, is a scandalous plan whereby investors are enticed into a get-rich-quick fraud

Roosevelt & Muckraking
Roosevelt throws his speech against untruthful journalism in the face of the muck-raking press

Divorce Court Scene
A CAUSE CELEBRE a scandalous divorce in fashionable society

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