Sylvia Lillian (née Storey), Countess Poulett Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sylvia Lillian (née Storey), Countess Poulett NPG x78560

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

The daughter of Fred Storey, a comedian and scene painter who had made a reputation as an 'eccentric dancer' at the Gaiety, Sylvia first appeared on stage at the age of six, in her father's production of Rip Van Winkle at Kennington. Twelve years later she was in the cast of The Havana Girls, also at the Gaiety, when she left to marry the 25 year-old 7th Earl Poulett in September 1908.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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