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Vintage Portraits of Women

A collection of elegant black-and-white portraits showcasing women in profile. The images convey a sense of nostalgia and sophistication, highlighted by classic hairstyles and attire.

Portrait of Minnie Maddern Fiske

Lily Langtry

Myrtle McCollister

Princess Elisabeth, Roumania

Mrs. Waldo Pierce i.e. Peirce

Eleanor Douglas Wise - Duchess Richilieu

Ella Hofer - winter

Portrait of Minnie Maddern Fiske

Jessie Bonstelle, Mishkin, N.Y.

Mrs. Ava W. Astor

Mrs. Jack Barrymore

Mrs Fuller Coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Martha Headman

Portrait of Miss Riley, 1920-1925, New Plymouth, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

Miss Farley Coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Mrs. Hamilton Gault

Alice Paul (1885-1977), American Suffragist, Feminist, and Women's Rights Activist, Portrait, Underwood, Bain News Service, 1920's

Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton. Lady Paget was a humanitarian relief worker, first establishing soup kitchens in the poor districts of London, becoming secretary of the Invalid Kitchens' Fund. She then opened a kitchen catering for Belgian refugees in London at the start of the First World War. Her work then extended to Russia and Eastern Europe where she opened field and base hospitals, ambu

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Lucia Joyce, 1927-28, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Louise Cox

Alma Gluck ca. 1910-1915.

Natalie Alt

Rachel Crothers

Mary Farquharson. Mary Farquharson, 18, a wealthy American passenger on thte Titanic and wife of Daniel Marvin. Daniel and Mary boarded the Titanic at Southampton as first class passengers. They were returning to New York City from their honeymoon in Europe. They occupied cabin D-30. On the night of the accident Daniel assisted his wife to a boat with the words ""It's alright, little girl. You go. I will stay."" Daniel died in the sinking, his body, if recovered, was never identified. Titanic wa

Studio shot of Miss Ivy Troutman, Leading woman in ""Ready Money""

Litta Belle Hibben

Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (18761933) - a Romanian-French writer. She was a descendant of the Bibescu and Craiovesti families of Romanian boyars. Date: circa 1910

Gelatin silver print - Portrait of an unidentified woman, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, 1904-1918 Bénoni Joseph Hébert (1884-1957)

Woman; inscribed 'Miss Kennedy' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Mrs. Leslie Cotton

12/31/1935. In the Image, the actress Pepita Díaz Artigas.

Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles. circa 1922

Abbott 12 PC, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Linthorn, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress, early 20th century.Artist: Dover Street Studios

Portrait of the society twin sisters, Alison and Margaret Hore-Ruthven, daughters of Lord and Lady Ruthven. Photographed at the time they appeared under their stage name of he Ralli Twins in Shake Your Feet at the Hippodrome in London in July 1927. Date: 1927

Kuhne Beveridge

Clara Gäbler in "The Meistersinger of Nuremberg

The Queen at the *****. May 12, 1937.

Lady Idina Wallace, nee Sackville, eldest daughter of Lord de la Warr, and wife of Captain David Euan Wallace of the Household Cavalry. She married him, her first husband, in 1913, but divorced in 1919. Five-times married Idina would gain notoriety as part of the Happy Valley Set when she moved to Kenya in 1924 with her third husband, Josslyn Hay, Earl of Errol. With her serial marriages and reputation for debauched decadence, she inspired the character of 'The Bolter' in Nancy Mitford's novels

Miss Lomas 6x8 coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Miss Heard coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Mrs. G.G. Whitney

Woman; inscribed 'Miss W. M. Lake' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Mae Marsh (1895 - 1968), (Mary Warne Marsh) American actress in silent films and talkies

Woman; inscribed 'Miss Sauter' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Lady Astor In Washington A New Portrait -- A new striking portrait of Lady Astor, the first woman member of Parliament, taken recently in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., during her visit to the United States capital. May 10, 1940. (Photo by Topical Press).

Photograph of a teenage Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother (1900-2002). Dated 20th Century

Princess Jolanda i.e., Yolanda, Italy

Léona Delcourt ("Nadja") (1902-1941), Anonymous

H.R.H. The Duchess Of Kent, Aged 16 -- A portrait study, taken in 1922, of H.R.H. Princess Marina of Greece, the present Duchess Of Kent. December 17, 1953. (Photo by Bassano, Camera Press).

Mrs. W.R. Hearst

Edith Bolling Galt in Feb. 1915. She was the widow of jeweler Norman Galt, who met widower Woodrow Wilson in March 1915. The President proposed to her two months later, and the couple was married on Dec. 18, 1915 (BSLOC_2020_2_133)

Iris Hoey (1885-1979), British actress, 1908-1909. Artist: Unknown

Eleonora duse, 1904

Woman; inscribed 'Miss Vida Muir' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Lady Lucia Galway, 2 November 1935, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

MARIA ELVIRA LACACI (1928-1997) PREMIO ADONAIS EN 1956 POR LA OBRA HUMANA VOZ.

Willette Kershaw

Lady Zia Wernher (1892-1977), née Countess Anastasia de Torby, Bassano Studios

Portrait of Elisabeth of Bavaria, the queen consort of King Albert I of Belgium.

Margaret Nellie (Nelly) Hozier (1888-1955), sister of Clementine Churchill and therefore sister-in-law to Winston Churchill. Pictured at the time of her engagement to Bertram Romilly. She was the mother of Esmond Romilly, first husband of Jessica MItford. Date: 1915

12/31/1917. Touch of gray silk fur with a large maroon velvet bow. Amelie house model.

Lady Victoria Pery (1893-1918), only daughter of the 4th Earl and Countess of Limerick, pictured in The Sketch after her marriage to American James Cox Brady. Lady Victoria was a keen aviator and made a number of flights with Gustav Hamel, looping the loop with him five times. She died in the influenza epidemic in December 1918 at the age of 25. Date: 1915

Catherine Willard (1895-1954), ""The Mask and the Face"", comedy, Bijou Theatre

Mrs Walsh coupon, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Marie Studholme (1875-1930), English actress, 1900s. Artist: Unknown

Woman; inscribed 'Miss B. Earle' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Woman; inscribed 'Miss M Raes' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

03/31/1915. The notable actress Loreto Prado, whose benefit has just been verified in the comic theater.

Georg Grosch as Oberon

Lady Drummond-Hay. March 21, 1938.

VIRGINIA STEPHEN (1882-1912) EN 1902.

Galli-Curci

Miss Morgan, 269 Kilmore St, ChCh studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

M Taylor 6 studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Miss Sharp, 11 August 1930, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

The Queen Mother, then the Duchess of York, in her wedding gown. August 07, 1933. (Photo by Clark's Press Features).

Gabrielle Dorziat

Marie Studholme (1875-1930), English actress, 1900s.Artist: W&D Downey

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (19002002) - Queen consort of King George VI until his death, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Pictured when Duchess of York circa 1923. circa 1923

The Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth of England) is shown with her two daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margret.

Virginia Pearson, American Film actress, circa 1918

Mrs. Horace Havemeyer

Mrs. F. E. Smith, formerly Margaret Eleanor Furneaux, wife of Frederick Edwin Smith, popularly known as F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, Conservative politician, lawyer and best friend of Winston Churchill. Her portrait featured in The Tatler at the time when F.E. was leaving his job as Chief Censor and going on active service at the Front. She was the daughter of the Rev. H. Furneaux, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Date: 1914

Daphne Haywood, circa 1911, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Date: 1910-1915 - Evelyn Parnell .

Francesca Bertini (1892-1985), actriz de cine mudo italiana.

Woman; inscribed 'Miss Campbell' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

01/01/1918. Doña Nica Lund-Bourn, distinguished Writer and Author of the Celebrated Stories about Flowers From "la Tribuna", whose Dramatic work, "Sangre Nihilista", Premiered in Madrid in 1916, has been Re-released at the Teatro Colón in Mexico, with enormous success.

May de Sousa, American singer and actress, c1906.Artist: J Beagles & Co

Portrait of a young woman, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Princess Marie-José of Belgium (1906-2001), queen of Italy, 1920-1939. Artist: Unknown

Hattie Damon Mayo. Photograph after Rochet.

05/01/1908. Artists of the English Comedy Theater Company. Miss Ida Stratham.

Fawzia Shirin (1921 - ) - an Egyptian princess and Queen of Iran. Princess Fawzia of Egypt and Sudan married Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980), the Crown Prince of Iran, in Cairo, on 16 March 1939. This is her official engagement photograph. She was the sister of King Farouk I of Egypt. Date: 1939

Mrs. Elinor Glyn.Elinor Glyn, one of the best known authors of her day, died on September 23. She was an incurable romantic, and although she some times shocked her Edwardian public, she kept it amused. "Three Weeks" is perhaps her best known book. July 11, 1955. (Photo by Harrods, Press Portrait Bureau).

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon aged seventeen, c1917, (1937). Artist: Unknown

MABEL NORMAND.

Constance Tallmadge (1898-1973) before she joined the Griffith company in 1919.

Portrait of Virginia Woolf

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