Picture No | 10731690 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | Alice Delysia |
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French actress and singer, Alice Delysia (1889-1979), born Alice Henriette Lapize,, as pictured in a pencil portrait by Lieutenant W. B. Jemmett who, reports the Tatler, 'in addition to being a clever artist claims the distinction of being the tallest officer in the whole British army, his height being 6 ft 10in.' The actress was at the time starring in Carminetta at the Prince of Wales' Theatre in London.
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Source | Illustration by Lieutenant W. B. Jemmett in The Tatler, 27 February 1918 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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