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Photographs: PH1586
Title
Gladys Cooper
Subject
Artist
Martin, Rita
Dimensions
height: 13.9cm
width: 8.8cm
width: 8.8cm
Inscription/signature
"With all kind thoughts / of you / RITA / MARTIN / S.36-2." (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 is in three-quarter length portrait, she wears a light pink short-sleeved dress with delicate embroidery on the sleeves, a yellow belt, a white beaded necklace and silver metal bangle on her upper right arm. She is sitting on a bench or trunk with both hands and she looks towards the camera. On the front there is a message that reads: 'With all kind thoughts of you'. There is a white border of imprinted butterflies and foliage.
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.
