Vesta Tilley, WW1
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 dressed up as a midshipman during the First World War. She was known as England's best recruiting sergeant due to her patriotic and persuasive stage act
Picture No
10796394
Media ID
46885467
Size
3897px x 7502px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in the Recollections of Vesta Tilley, 1934
Date
c.1915
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