Carolyn Ellis Country Life Magazine Portrait June 23, 1994

Carolyn Ellis Country Life Magazine Portrait June 23, 1994. CLXXXVIII No. 25

Miss Carolyn Ellis is the winner of the first Eric Hotung Award for Achievement, given to a woman for achievement on an expedition or challenging project. Miss Ellis won it for her part in the 1993 Taklamakan Desert Expedition on which she was the medic and only woman the first to complete the entire 780-mile crossing. Miss Ellis, who is 32 today, saw action in the Gulf War with Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. She retired as a captain last year and now runs the family nursery garden business in Devon, devoting the winter to exploring and adventure Mozambique next..

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.