The Sketch
The Sketch was a British illustrated weekly newspaper, published between February 1893 and June 1959, by the Illustrated London News Company and was primarily a society magazine with regular features on Royalty and the aristocracy, theatre, cinema and arts, with a high photographic content.
This issue has 16 pages ( 32 sides)
The Sketch was a British illustrated weekly newspaper, published between February 1893 and June 1959, by the Illustrated London News Company and was primarily a society magazine with regular features on Royalty and the aristocracy, theatre, cinema and arts, with a high photographic content.
This issue has 16 pages ( 32 sides)
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This first part of the description features a list of Images i.e. photographs, sketches, drawings etc (these sometimes have descriptive articles but not always). They include:
Evelyn Laye in "The School for Scandal" at the Bath Assembly full front page photograph by
Angus McBean
King and Queens Silver Wedding Service at St Pauls – Beefeaters and Trumpeters on the Steps of St Pauls
Four Cartoons by Peter Ender
Worcester Cathedral and Cricket – 1930 – 1938 – 1948 full page showing the opening of three Australian cricket tours over eighteen years
The Royal Premier of Hamlet – King George VI – Queen Elizabeth– Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh Princess Margaret At Sir Laurence Oliviers Film Version at the Odeon Leicester Square full page showing two photographs
The Royal Premier of "One Night With You" at the Odeon Marble Arch – Duchess of Kent – Lord and Lady Davidson – Mrs Charles Rhys – Duke and Duchess of Sutherland – Lord Birkenhead
Wedding of Princess Elizabeths Lady in Wainting – Lady Margaret Seymour, Daughter of the Late Lord Henry Seymour, Married Mr Philip Hay, Son of Mr A. Hay of Chetcombe House, Mere photograph taken in Ragley hall showing Mrs Alan hay – Mr Hugh Ross – Bride and Groom – Lord Hertford – Lady Helen Seymour Mother of Bride
Wedding – Mister H. F. G. Charteris, son of Hon. Guy Charteris , Married Miss Virginia M. Forbes Adam photograph of the couple leaving St. Helens, Skipwith – mentioned in the caption (not in pic.) Mr and the Hon. Mrs Colin Forbes Adam – Bridesmaids Lady Rosula WindsorClive – Lady Elizabeth Charteris – Miss Fiona ONeill – Sara Long – Elizabeth Guinness – Margaret Owen – Belinda Loftus – Mary Peake – Lucy Beckett – Richard Beckett (page) – Lord Plymouth Best Man
Wedding – The Master of Erskine, son of Lord Erskine and Lady Marjorie Erskine Married Miss Pansy C. Thorne Daughter of General Sir Andrew and hon. Lady Thorne photograph of the couple outside St. Andrews, Sonning mentioned in the caption (not in pic.) Nicholas, Robin and Ian Thorne as Pages – Captain the Hon. David Erskine as Best Man
Wedding – Miss Ruth HaigThomas, Daughter of Mr Peter and Lady Alexandra HaigThomas, Married Mister Richard Wellesley MC Son of Lord George Wellesley of Harbridge House, Ringwood photograph of the couple outside Buckland parish Church, Faringdon in Berks – also mentioned in the caption (not in pic.) Susan Berry as Bridesmaid – Mr Denis Berry Best Man
Newmarket – Mister Stanhope Joel with Dana, Thalia and Solna his daughters, I presume
The Allied Circle Ball at the Dorchester – His Excellency the Nepalese Ambassador and His Wife The Rani Kaiser – Miss C. Sinclair
St John Exhibition and Fair at St Jamess Palace – Lady Anne Fummi – Lady Dangan – Mrs S. L. Simpson – T. Reive – Mrs Fred Leathers
Queen Charlottes Birthday Ball at Grosvenor House – Miss Beverly Pearson – Miss rosemary Stockley – Ensign W. Taft
Queen Charlotte Ball – Giant Cake view of dancers on the dance floor
Choice of the Month Page:
Sir Osbert Sitwell
Amy Frank – actress
Barbara Euphan Todd Author of Worzel Gummidge
Tristram Hillier – The Artist
Eric Sturgess – Tennis Player
Norman Collins Caricature by Ascroft relief style
Peter Ustinov and Joan Greenwood in a Scene from "Frenzy"
Cartoon by Boast Sleekburnc.
Danielle Darrieux full page photograph by Discina
Scene fron "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari"
Carmen Miranda full page showing four photographs, one with Val Parnell
Art:
The Blue Sitting Room at Trent Park – Painting by Winston S. Churchill HAE
St Helens Fort at Bembridge – Painting by Norman Wilkinson
The Late hon. John Gilbert Winant – Painting by James Gunn
Pellegrina – Painting by A. K. Lawrence RA
The Wye Above Chepstow – Painting by Charles M. Ere RA
Sir Malcolm Sargent – painting by Sir Gerald Kelly RA
Death Was Sitting at Her Side – By the French Painter Jean Gabriel Domergue full page – a macabre, risqué painting of a long lashed "Parisian lady"
Cartoon by Boast
Book Covers of Books Reviewed – The Harp in the South by Ruth Park With and Without Tears by L. Steni Never Again by Francis King The Stream of Days by Taha Hussein
We Take Our hat Off To Page :
Dolores Gray with J. V. Amor the Captain of the English Football Team
The Healeys – For Designing a 2½ Litre Saloon Car showsMrs haines – Countess Lurani – Count Lurani
Keith Miller the Cricketer
Geoffrey White – Harry Leach – Richard Barr For Revolutionising the Car Industry with Their Gas Turbine Engine
Peter Ustinov full page photograph by Baron
Film: Four Scenes from The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan – Robert Donat – Walter Fitzgerald – Sir Cedric Hardwicke – Ivan Samson – Margaret Leighton – Frank Lawton – Neil North – Basil Radford – Francis L. Sullivan
Photogbiography of Terence Rattigan :
Terence Rattigan (aged 4) with His Brother Brian
Terence at Harrow
Terence Today x2 photographs by Chris Ware
Robert Donat –Neil North – Anatole de Grunwald the Producer – Terence Rattigan – Anthony Asquith the Director
New Look and Golf – Max Faulkners Check Shirt
A. G. B. Helm Winner of the English Amateur Golf Championship at Little Aston
Cricket – the Season Opens at Fennerss with Cambridge Trials in Progress
Good heavens ... I Must have Dialled 666! Miel– An Upsidedown Policeman at the Door comical sketch by J. E. Broome
Berley Baxters Max drawn by J. E. Broome
Hillman Minx Car advert
Skyline Shoe by Clarks advert
Fashion by Marcus – Member of the London Model House Group advert
Youthline Waspie – A Handspan Midriff Without Constriction girdle or corselette advert
Fashion – Cloudy White Organza Threaded With Black Ribbon Velvet Dress by Mark Luker from Jays full page
Pan Cake Make Up by Max Factor of Hollywood advert
Furs from Debenham and Freebody – 12 Coupons advert
Roussel Belts of Paris corset – advert
Shoes from Russel and Bromley
haig Whisky advert
Fifth Avenue Cigarettes by Abdulla advert
Kestos Britains Finest Brassiere advert
Rolls Royce of Conduit St. London WI Mayfair 6201 advert
Brenner Furs advert
Gossard advert
Walters Footwear Ltd advert
Bianca Mosca Celanese Fabrics advert
Angus McBean
King and Queens Silver Wedding Service at St Pauls – Beefeaters and Trumpeters on the Steps of St Pauls
Four Cartoons by Peter Ender
Worcester Cathedral and Cricket – 1930 – 1938 – 1948 full page showing the opening of three Australian cricket tours over eighteen years
The Royal Premier of Hamlet – King George VI – Queen Elizabeth– Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh Princess Margaret At Sir Laurence Oliviers Film Version at the Odeon Leicester Square full page showing two photographs
The Royal Premier of "One Night With You" at the Odeon Marble Arch – Duchess of Kent – Lord and Lady Davidson – Mrs Charles Rhys – Duke and Duchess of Sutherland – Lord Birkenhead
Wedding of Princess Elizabeths Lady in Wainting – Lady Margaret Seymour, Daughter of the Late Lord Henry Seymour, Married Mr Philip Hay, Son of Mr A. Hay of Chetcombe House, Mere photograph taken in Ragley hall showing Mrs Alan hay – Mr Hugh Ross – Bride and Groom – Lord Hertford – Lady Helen Seymour Mother of Bride
Wedding – Mister H. F. G. Charteris, son of Hon. Guy Charteris , Married Miss Virginia M. Forbes Adam photograph of the couple leaving St. Helens, Skipwith – mentioned in the caption (not in pic.) Mr and the Hon. Mrs Colin Forbes Adam – Bridesmaids Lady Rosula WindsorClive – Lady Elizabeth Charteris – Miss Fiona ONeill – Sara Long – Elizabeth Guinness – Margaret Owen – Belinda Loftus – Mary Peake – Lucy Beckett – Richard Beckett (page) – Lord Plymouth Best Man
Wedding – The Master of Erskine, son of Lord Erskine and Lady Marjorie Erskine Married Miss Pansy C. Thorne Daughter of General Sir Andrew and hon. Lady Thorne photograph of the couple outside St. Andrews, Sonning mentioned in the caption (not in pic.) Nicholas, Robin and Ian Thorne as Pages – Captain the Hon. David Erskine as Best Man
Wedding – Miss Ruth HaigThomas, Daughter of Mr Peter and Lady Alexandra HaigThomas, Married Mister Richard Wellesley MC Son of Lord George Wellesley of Harbridge House, Ringwood photograph of the couple outside Buckland parish Church, Faringdon in Berks – also mentioned in the caption (not in pic.) Susan Berry as Bridesmaid – Mr Denis Berry Best Man
Newmarket – Mister Stanhope Joel with Dana, Thalia and Solna his daughters, I presume
The Allied Circle Ball at the Dorchester – His Excellency the Nepalese Ambassador and His Wife The Rani Kaiser – Miss C. Sinclair
St John Exhibition and Fair at St Jamess Palace – Lady Anne Fummi – Lady Dangan – Mrs S. L. Simpson – T. Reive – Mrs Fred Leathers
Queen Charlottes Birthday Ball at Grosvenor House – Miss Beverly Pearson – Miss rosemary Stockley – Ensign W. Taft
Queen Charlotte Ball – Giant Cake view of dancers on the dance floor
Choice of the Month Page:
Sir Osbert Sitwell
Amy Frank – actress
Barbara Euphan Todd Author of Worzel Gummidge
Tristram Hillier – The Artist
Eric Sturgess – Tennis Player
Norman Collins Caricature by Ascroft relief style
Peter Ustinov and Joan Greenwood in a Scene from "Frenzy"
Cartoon by Boast Sleekburnc.
Danielle Darrieux full page photograph by Discina
Scene fron "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari"
Carmen Miranda full page showing four photographs, one with Val Parnell
Art:
The Blue Sitting Room at Trent Park – Painting by Winston S. Churchill HAE
St Helens Fort at Bembridge – Painting by Norman Wilkinson
The Late hon. John Gilbert Winant – Painting by James Gunn
Pellegrina – Painting by A. K. Lawrence RA
The Wye Above Chepstow – Painting by Charles M. Ere RA
Sir Malcolm Sargent – painting by Sir Gerald Kelly RA
Death Was Sitting at Her Side – By the French Painter Jean Gabriel Domergue full page – a macabre, risqué painting of a long lashed "Parisian lady"
Cartoon by Boast
Book Covers of Books Reviewed – The Harp in the South by Ruth Park With and Without Tears by L. Steni Never Again by Francis King The Stream of Days by Taha Hussein
We Take Our hat Off To Page :
Dolores Gray with J. V. Amor the Captain of the English Football Team
The Healeys – For Designing a 2½ Litre Saloon Car showsMrs haines – Countess Lurani – Count Lurani
Keith Miller the Cricketer
Geoffrey White – Harry Leach – Richard Barr For Revolutionising the Car Industry with Their Gas Turbine Engine
Peter Ustinov full page photograph by Baron
Film: Four Scenes from The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan – Robert Donat – Walter Fitzgerald – Sir Cedric Hardwicke – Ivan Samson – Margaret Leighton – Frank Lawton – Neil North – Basil Radford – Francis L. Sullivan
Photogbiography of Terence Rattigan :
Terence Rattigan (aged 4) with His Brother Brian
Terence at Harrow
Terence Today x2 photographs by Chris Ware
Robert Donat –Neil North – Anatole de Grunwald the Producer – Terence Rattigan – Anthony Asquith the Director
New Look and Golf – Max Faulkners Check Shirt
A. G. B. Helm Winner of the English Amateur Golf Championship at Little Aston
Cricket – the Season Opens at Fennerss with Cambridge Trials in Progress
Good heavens ... I Must have Dialled 666! Miel– An Upsidedown Policeman at the Door comical sketch by J. E. Broome
Berley Baxters Max drawn by J. E. Broome
Hillman Minx Car advert
Skyline Shoe by Clarks advert
Fashion by Marcus – Member of the London Model House Group advert
Youthline Waspie – A Handspan Midriff Without Constriction girdle or corselette advert
Fashion – Cloudy White Organza Threaded With Black Ribbon Velvet Dress by Mark Luker from Jays full page
Pan Cake Make Up by Max Factor of Hollywood advert
Furs from Debenham and Freebody – 12 Coupons advert
Roussel Belts of Paris corset – advert
Shoes from Russel and Bromley
haig Whisky advert
Fifth Avenue Cigarettes by Abdulla advert
Kestos Britains Finest Brassiere advert
Rolls Royce of Conduit St. London WI Mayfair 6201 advert
Brenner Furs advert
Gossard advert
Walters Footwear Ltd advert
Bianca Mosca Celanese Fabrics advert
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This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include:
The Sketch Book Page by Beverley Baxter with ref. to TheRoyal Silver Wedding The Vote to Do Away With Hanging for an Experimental Period of Five Years Max TheAberdeen Terrier (Beverley Baxters Dog) info. written by Arthur Beverley Baxter a Canadian born journalist and politician
Norman Collins by Alan Melville
Our Play Critic Discusses and Plays in Brief by John Courtenay the Play Critic
Books Reviewed by Rupert CroftCooke (see list in images)
Film Critic C. A. Lejeune and The Silent film, "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" at the Everyman, Hampstead
Films In Brief by C. A. Lejeune
Sport by Louis T. Stanley
Social Climber – The Sketch Short Story by Ronald Cocking
Norman Collins by Alan Melville
Our Play Critic Discusses and Plays in Brief by John Courtenay the Play Critic
Books Reviewed by Rupert CroftCooke (see list in images)
Film Critic C. A. Lejeune and The Silent film, "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" at the Everyman, Hampstead
Films In Brief by C. A. Lejeune
Sport by Louis T. Stanley
Social Climber – The Sketch Short Story by Ronald Cocking
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The four digit number in brackets in title is for my ref only. It measures 295 x 215 mm (11.5 x 8.5 inches).The spine is loose with binding witness marks where once bound, some pages are loose. There is some age yellowing with some spotting. Some pages may have minor cuts tears and blemishes due to their great age. The images vary in size. There are no outer advertising pages/cover unless otherwise stated. The images are in black and white unless otherwise stated.
This item will be packaged in a tube.
Quotation or speech marks in the text signifies the content in my words and not necessarily what is written on the original page. "Info." in the description is my research, although relevant to the accompanying image or article, is not necessarily in the text.
PLEASE NOTE: I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. As far as I can tell there are No pages missing so if you are looking for something in particular in these pages PLEASE ASK. The process of the page numbering in The Illustrated London News are applied in a yearly sequence and therefore do not start at number 1.
This item will be packaged in a tube.
Quotation or speech marks in the text signifies the content in my words and not necessarily what is written on the original page. "Info." in the description is my research, although relevant to the accompanying image or article, is not necessarily in the text.
PLEASE NOTE: I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. As far as I can tell there are No pages missing so if you are looking for something in particular in these pages PLEASE ASK. The process of the page numbering in The Illustrated London News are applied in a yearly sequence and therefore do not start at number 1.
| Weight | 0.245kg |
| Product Code | SOLD |
| Condition | Used |