Vesta Tilley as Algy, the Piccadilly Johnny
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. Pictured here in one of her most famous roles - as Algy - the Piccadilly Johnny with the little eye-glass - for the first Royal Command Performance at the Palace Theatre in 1912
Picture No
10795584
Media ID
46884713
Size
3465px x 7052px
(3.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph reproduced in Recollections of Vesta Tilley, 1934
Date
1912
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