Miss Francesca Allen Country Life Magazine Portrait October 14 2004

Miss Francesca Allen Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, October 14 2004. CXCVIII No. 42

Miss Francesca Allen - Francesca, who celebrates her 19th birthday on Monday, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Allen, of Upper Bowden Farm, Pangbourne, Berkshire. Educated at Tudor Hall and St Edward's, Oxford, she will spend part of her gap year travelling to India, Thailand and South America, before returning to read history of art at Leeds. She is shown here with her golden retriever, Tilly.

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 12.5 x 9 inches (32 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. The reverse side contains unrelated printed text, as issued.

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.