Images Dated 17th January 2020

Mr. C. B. Cochran introduces his old ladies

Brilliant illustration by H. H. Harris imagining the scene in a theatre if impresario C. B. Cochran introduced his old rather than the usual young ladies'. As a chorus line of geriatrics high kick their way across the stage, all of smart society expresses shock. The caption annotates all the figures depicted but among them are the Aga Khan, Lady Asquith with her son Anthony, Woolf Barnato, Sir John and Lady Lavery, Gordon Selfridge and Somerset Maugham. Date: 1932

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Lady Broughton by Madame Yevonde

Lady Broughton (1894 - 1968), first wife of Sir Jock Delves Broughton, photographed by Madame Yevonde in 1932. Previously Miss Vera Griffith-Boscawen, she married Jock in 1913 and divorced him in 1940 (he would go on to marry Diana Caldwell and stand trial for the murder of her lover, Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll in Kenya). Vera travelled widely in South East Asia and was known as a big game hunter and fisherwoman. She was also a highly regarded photographer of natural subjects. She was photographed on several occasions by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1932

© Yevonde Portrait Archive/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library

WW1 Fundraiser Programme, Savoy Theatre

WW1 Fundraiser Programme, Les Saisons d'Amour, Savoy Theatre, Strand, London, 6 November 1914, showing illustration by John Hassall.
1914

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