Widow Collection (page 6)

Viscountess Ingestre, 1915
Viscountess Ingestre, formerly Lady Winifred Paget, widow of the late Lord Ingestre of the Royal Horse Guards, who died from pneumonia in 1915. Date: 1915

Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund
An appeal to give to the charity of the Indian Muslim soldiers Widows and Orphans War Fund, showing Britannia providing for impoverished Indian women, whilst also holding a small Indian child

Lady Petre
Lady Catherine (Kitty) Petre, formerly Catherine Margaret Boscawen, wife of Lionel Goerge Carroll, 16th Baron Petre. The 16th Baron, son of the 15th Baron and Julia Mary Cavendish-Taylor

The Hon. Mrs Walrond, WW1
Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Walrond, daughter of Lord Glentanar and widow of the late Hon. Walter Lionel Walrond, M.P. who died on active service with the Army Service Corps in France as a result of

Lady Rosabelle Brand and Miss Rose Bingham
Lady Rosabelle Brand, daughter of the Earl of Rosslyn pictured with her daughter, Miss Rose Bingham (later to become a society beauty and Countess of Warwick)

The widowed Lady Levinge
Portrait of Lady Levinge, wife of the late Sir Richard Levinge, formerly of the 8th Hussars and then attached to the 1st Life Guards in which he served until he was killed at Ypres on 24 October 1914

Mrs Vernon Castle
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high

Lady Ingestre and her three daughters
Lady Ingestre, formerly Lady Winifred Paget, widow of the late Lord Ingestre who died in 1915 and was a captain in the Blues, pictured with her three daughters; the Hon

Laying the foundation stone, Baden Powell House, London
Scene during the laying of the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The site was acquired in 1956, and Ralph Tubbs was appointed architect

Trowel, Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London
The trowel used by Lady Olave Baden Powell in 1959 when she laid the foundation stone for the new Baden Powell House in Queens Gate, South Kensington, London

Wife of Douglas Reynolds, V. C
The former Miss DOris Petersen, newly married to Major Douglas Reynolds, V.C. of the Royal Field Artillery. The Sketch magazine reports that the wedding was a quiet one as the brides family were in

The Hon. Mrs Geoffrey Pearson
The Hon. Mrs. Geoffrey Pearson, widow of the third son of Lord Cowdray who was killed by Uhlans at the Western Front while carrying despatches on his motor cycle

A widows mourning dress, WW1
A becoming widows dress of dull black crepe de chine. The jupe is of black crepe, with an accordion-pleated tunic of crepe de chine

Mourning fashion, WW1
An outfit of mourning for a First World War widow. For the widow who prefers the coat and skirt there is a black Aberdare cord. Date: 1915

Mourning fashion with parasol, WW1
A lady in mourning during the First World War carrying a parasol of black silk bordered with crepe. Date: 1915

Lady Ingestre and two of her children, WW1
Lady Ingestre, formerly Lady Winifred Paget, widow of the late Lord Ingestre who died in 1915 and was a captain in the Blues

Joseph Chamberlain funeral
Following the funeral service of politician Joseph Chamberlain (1836 - 1914) in Birmingham, his son Austen Chamberlain (1863 - 1937)

Lady Petres milking school, WW1
Lady Catherine Petre, formerly Catherine Margaret Boscawen, wife of Lionel Goerge Carroll, 16th Baron Petre. The 16th Baron, son of the 15th Baron and Julia Mary Cavendish-Taylor

The Empty Chair by Lawson Wood
A moving illustration featured in the Tatler in December 1915 showing a woman, head bent in grief, sitting by a fireside, while an empty chair beside her speaks volumes about the person who is

Tatler cover - The Hon. Mrs Lyndhurst Bruce (Camille Cliffor
Front cover of The Tatler featuring the former Camille Clifford (1885-1971), the model for the Edwardian Gibson Girl drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, who married the Hon

Mrs Gordon Mills, whose husband, Lieutenant Gordon Mills of the Coldstream Guards, was kkilled in action in 1915, only a week after their wedding. Mrs Mills was daughter of Mr Harry Slowburn

Graceful frock for Ranelagh 1909
Beige coloured silk muslin, the skirt showing wie tucks and black satin ribbon threaded through two of them, over the frock a scaft arrangement of mereore foulard is draped in shades of golden brown

Evelyn Laye listening to music in 1923
Evelyn Laye (1900 - 1996), English theatre and musical film actress, listening to music with headphones. Here in a title role in " Merry Widow" at Daly s. Date: 1923

Madame De Balzac
MADAME DE BALZAC (Mme Hanska) Polish bankers widow who, after a long-drawn-out affair, married Balzac. Date: CIRCA 1860

Cosima and Siegfried
COSIMA WAGNER as a widow, with her son Siegfried, at Bayreuth, Date: 1837 - 1930

Sir Richard Wallace
SIR RICHARD WALLACE art patron, whose collection was donated by his widow to the nation to form the Wallace Collection in Londons Manchester Square, Date: 1818 - 1890

Marguerite Duch. Rohan
MARGUERITE de BTHUNE, duchesse de ROHAN, widow of duc Henri II; she is said to have taken many lovers, though you wouldn t guess it from this demure portrait. Date: 1595 - 1660

Maria Teresa Del Riego
MARIA TERESA DEL RIEGO wife and subsequently widow of Rafael del Riego, Spanish patriot and military commander - she took refuge in England and died in Chelsea. Date: ? - 1824

Georg Nikolaus Nissen
GEORG NIKOLAUS NISSEN who married Mozarts widow Konstanze in 1809 and collected the materials for the first biography of her husband. Date: 1761 - 1826

Mae Murray & Ship 1930S
MAE MURRAY American star of many silent films, including The Merry Widow (1925), known as the girl with bee-stung lips, here with a model ship. Date: 1889 - 1965

Wimborne Minster, Dorset - The Lady Chapel Date: circa 1907

Boer War - Charity Fundraiser for Widows and Fatherless
The Boer Wars - Charity Fundraiser in South Croydon, London for Widows and Fatherless Children - decorated horse tram. Date: circa 1901

Souvenir of Scarborough - Elderly Widow - looking through her Lorgnette spectacles to little a-veil... Date: circa 1890s

Widow in conversation with a French Count
Mrs Willson-Blobbs (widow of a wealthy pork butcher) - " My Dear Count, when you come to England, you must come and see me at Blobbs Court

Alone - portrait of an elderly widow by Phil May
Alone - portrait of an elderly widow with a Pathetic Grandeur lifting the scene above the commonplace. Date: 1893

Two elderly widows discuss the catering at a wake
" Did you go to Smiths burying?" " Yes, I did, an a mighty measly affair it was. Tea and bread and butter! I ve buried two usbands, but, thank goodness

Miss Gabrielle Ray in The Merry Widow
Miss Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), English actress, dancer and singer in The Merry Widow, an operetta by the AustroHungarian composer Franz Lehar

Sainte-Adresse, France - Le Pain de Sucre
Sainte-Adresse, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region, France - Le Pain de Sucre (The Sugar-loaf Memorial)

The Lesson of the Widows mite circa 19th century

Northrop P-61 Black Widow

Martin PTV-N-2 (Gorgon IV) ramjet engine testbed after launch from a Black Widow fighter off Point Magu, California, Naval Air Test Center

VEGA CARPIO, F鬩x Lope de (1562-1635). La gallarda
" VEGA CARPIO, F鬩 x Lope de (1562-1635). La gallarda toledana", comedy by Lope de Vega included in the compilation " Parte catorze de las comedias de Lope de Vega"

Inya Lake House site - Rangoon - Lake House. We were immediate neighbours of Daw Kin Gee (widow of Aung San), and her three children. We and they played and punted on the lake together

Lady Isabel Burton
LADY ISABEL BURTON widow of Richard Burton, traveller and translator. Date: 1831 - 1896

Elizabeth / Q Mother 60S
ELIZABETH as QUEEN MOTHER Widow of George VI in an open- backed car - a crowd waves as she speeds past Date: 1900 - 2002

The celebrated trotting mare Widow McChree, formerly called Mary Hoyt: Owned by Capt. Isaiah Rynders, N.Y. sired by Old American Star, he by Sir Henry, by Sir Archy, by imp Diomed, her dam by Duroc

Joe Webers burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. Savage; original music by Franz Lehar; book by Geo. V. Hobart; staged by Julian Mitchell. Date c1908

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success. Date c1897

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