Sketch cover, Mrs Vernon Castle (Irene Castle)

IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as America's Dancing Sweethearts. Pictured on the front cover of The Sketch as "The Spirit of France, " which she appeared as at a matinee at the Palace Theatre, London on 15 October 1918 to be given in front of Marshal Joffre, the proceeds of which were given to various war charities. The tableaux in which she appeared was designed by Ben Ali Haggin who achieved fame across America as a portrait painter and pageant master

Foote Fundraising Matinee Matinees Pageant Tableaux Vernon

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