Mrs and Mrs Romilly (Esmond and Jessica Mitford)
Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996), author and fifth of the six Mitford sisters, photographed with her first husband and cousin, Esmond Romilly, at a Miami restaurant they ran in 1940. The pair famously eloped, running away to Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Esmond was killed in 1941
Picture No
12699159
Media ID
46135451
Size
3693px x 5154px
(3.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Tatler', 7 February 1940, page 188
Date
1940
