Gertrude Lawrence
Photograph
1930s (photographed)
1930s (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
Tanqueray was one of the most stylish society photographers of the 1920s and 1930s. Gertrude Lawrence was a star of musical comedy on stage and screen. She had a close professional association and friendship with the dramatist and writer Noel Coward, sang many of his hit songs and co-starred with him in the play Private Lives (1930).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Gertrude Lawrence |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | 'Gertrude Lawrence', photograph by Paul Tanqueray (1905-91), ca. 1930 |
| Physical description | Three-quarter length portrait, back view of Gertrude Lawrence in a backless satin dress. Lawrence looks over her shoulder at viewer. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts :
Paul Tanqueray (1905 – 91)
‘Gertrude Lawrence’
About 1930
Tanqueray created some of the most stylish society
photographs of the 1920s and ’30s. Gertrude
Lawrence was a star of musical comedy on stage
and screen. She had a close professional association
and friendship with the dramatist and writer Noël
Coward, sang many of his hit songs, and co-starred
with him in the play Private Lives (1930).
Gelatin silver print
Museum no. Ph.379-1983
(11 03 2014) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Tanqueray was one of the most stylish society photographers of the 1920s and 1930s. Gertrude Lawrence was a star of musical comedy on stage and screen. She had a close professional association and friendship with the dramatist and writer Noel Coward, sang many of his hit songs and co-starred with him in the play Private Lives (1930). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.379-1983 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2004 |
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