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Photographs: PH1567
Title
Gladys Cooper and Charles Hawtrey
Subject
Artist
Lilywhite Ltd. (Halifax, England)
Dimensions
height: 9cm
width: 14cm
width: 14cm
Inscription/signature
"GLADYS COOPER & CHARLES HAWTREY / IN "THE NAUGHTY WIFE" / LILYWHITE LTD. / ALL BRITISH PHOTO PRINTERS / COPYRIGHT / L.E. 59. " (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, Sir Charles Hawtrey as her husband and J. Cranstoun Nevill as Eloise's lover in the play 'The Naughty Wife' (1918), by Fred Jackson, revised by Edgar Selwyn, and produced by Charles Hawtrey at the Playhouse. On the left is Nevill who wears brown trousers, shoes and a long brown raincoat, he holds Gladys' hand. Gladys wears a long black dress with animal print shawl and hat, and she looks at Hawtrey who wears a three-piece black suit and has his right arm raised. They stand in a room with white wooden panelling, a fireplace, desk, chair, lamp and green curtain on the left. 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.
