Harry Pilcer; Gaby Deslys Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Harry Pilcer; Gaby Deslys NPG Ax160397
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
First appeared at the Gaiety Theatre in 1906, as 'The Charm of Paris' in The New Aladdin, performing the 'Ju-Jitsu waltz', but the dance that made her famous was 'The Gaby Glide'. Famous for her extravagant clothes, jewels and millinery, she lived up to her notoriety. J.M. Barrie was so smitten by her that he wrote a one-act play for her, Rosy Rapture (1915). Gordon Selfridge gave her a rope of pearls as long as her height. Her last stage appearance was at the... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










