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Photographs: PH1565
Title
Gladys Cooper
Subject
Artist
Lilywhite Ltd. (Halifax, England)
Dimensions
height: 14cm
width: 9cm
width: 9cm
Inscription/signature
"Gladys Cooper / LILYWHITE LTD. / ALL BRITISH PHOTO PRINTERS / COPYRIGHT / L.E. 64. " (printed on front)
Provenance
Presented by Nick Bayly and his sister Victoria Hartley, June 2023.
Other number
E0139
Hand-coloured bromide photographic postcard depicting Dame Gladys Cooper as Eloise in the play 'The Naughty Wife' (1918). She wears a long blue silk dress with purple scarf, white shirt with yellow buttons and tassles, a white hat and she holds a white bag with yellow detailing. She stands in a room with wooden panelling and stairs to her right, and she looks slightly off into the distance. There is a white border of imprinted flowers and bows.
The reverse has no message.
Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) was a celebrated actress of the stage and screen, with a career spanning seven decades. She was renowned for her beauty; she became a photographic model in the early 1900s and was famous for her appearance on many picture postcards of the time. During the 1910s and Interwar period, postcards were a common, inexpensive and reliable form of sending messages. They were also kept as souvenirs and seen as collectible items.
The reverse has no message.
Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) was a celebrated actress of the stage and screen, with a career spanning seven decades. She was renowned for her beauty; she became a photographic model in the early 1900s and was famous for her appearance on many picture postcards of the time. During the 1910s and Interwar period, postcards were a common, inexpensive and reliable form of sending messages. They were also kept as souvenirs and seen as collectible items.
