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Photographs: PH1578
Title
Gladys Cooper
Subject
Artist
Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (London, England)
Dimensions
height: 14.1cm
width: 9cm
width: 9cm
Inscription/signature
"Birthday Joys / May every joy be yours that fortune sends, / health, happiness, and thoughts of warm / true friends. / B.153-6. / ROTARY PHOTO" (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, seemingly not in character. Gladys wears a light blue blouse with pale pink lapel, a white beaded necklace and she looks away from the camera. On the front there is a birthday message that reads: 'Birthday Joys. May every joy be yours that fortune sends, health, happiness, and thoughts of warm true friends.' The message is set within a scroll. There is a white border of imprinted flowers.
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.
