Madame Yevonde's Goddesses - in pictures
Madame Yevonde's pioneering colour series Goddesses in which 1930s society ladies took on guises based on classical myth
The series Goddesses is part of Role Play, a joint exhibition of photographs by Madame Yevonde and Neeta Madahar, at the PM Gallery and House , Walpole Park, London W5 from 20 May-3 July
The series Goddesses is part of Role Play, a joint exhibition of photographs by Madame Yevonde and Neeta Madahar, at the PM Gallery and House , Walpole Park, London W5 from 20 May-3 July
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Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Ariel
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Dorothy, Duchess of Welington as Hecate
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Baroness Gagern as Europa
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Lady Anne Rhys poses as the goddess Flora
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Eileen Hunter (Mrs Ward Jackson) as Dido
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Lady Bridgett Poulett as Arethusa
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Lady Michael Balcon as Minerva
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Mrs Charles Sweeny (Margaret, Duchess of Argyll) as Helen of Troy
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Lady Milbanke as Penthelisa, Queen of the Amazons
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury as Ariadne
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Mrs Anthony Eden as Clio, the Muse of History
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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Mrs Edward Mayer as Medusa
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
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The Honorable Mrs Bryan Guinness as Venus
Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive
