Vesta Tilley - The Best Vesta: A British Product
Vesta Tilley (stage name of Matilda Alice Powles, 1864-1952), later Lady de Frece, music hall entertainer, best known for her male impersonations. Seen here in British military uniform during First World War. She was dubbed England's greatest recruiting sergeant, due to her patriotic and persuasive stage act. The Sketch magazine, which published this photograph under the headline, A British Product clearly agreed
Picture No
49577963
Media ID
49577963
Size
3570px x 4971px
(21.7MB)
Credit
Illustrated London News/Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sketch, 9 December 1914
Date
1914
