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Lillah McCarthy in Elspeth Phelps -Nymphs of Forest tableau

Actress Lillah McCarthy pictured in a dress designed by Elspeth Phelps for the Nymphs of the Forest tableau performed at the Petticoat Lane Fair at the Albert Hall in 1917, a fundraising event for the Concerts at the Front Fund. Phelps, a leading London couturiere, conceived the idea for the tableau and designed all the costumes

Picture No
11802658
Media ID
46074391
Size
2769px x 3829px (2.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Hugh Cecil in The Sketch, 28 November 1917
Date
1917

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