H.R.H. Princess Mary, Gerald and George Lascelles Country Life Magazine Portrait June 20 1925

H.R.H. Princess Mary, Gerald Lascelles and George Lascelles Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, June 20 1925. LVII No. 1485

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, with the Hon. Gerald and the Hon. George Lascelles. Princess Mary—who later became the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood—had two sons with her husband, Henry Lascelles.

• George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923–2011)
• The Honourable Gerald David Lascelles (1924–1998)
• Princess Mary: She passed away on March 28, 1965, aged 67.
• Cause of Death: She suffered a sudden and fatal heart attack.
• Circumstances: The incident occurred while she was walking through the grounds of her family home, Harewood House in Yorkshire, accompanied by her eldest son George and her grandchildren.
• Burial: She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Lascelles family vault at All Saints’ Church, Harewood.

This is an authentic original page from Country Life magazine, part of the iconic series often affectionately referred to as the “Girls in Pearls” portraits — elegant society images that captured a distinctive era of British publishing and portraiture.

Size: Approximately 13.75 x 9 inches (35 x 23 cm)

Condition: Very good for its age. As with all vintage magazine pages, light signs of handling or minor age-related blemishes may be present. Please review the large photo carefully for full condition details.

This original Country Life Magazine frontispiece portrait forms part of The Old Map Shop’s curated archive of society portraits published between 1897 and 2026.