Miss Venetia Taylor Country Life Magazine Portrait December 18 1926

Miss Venetia Taylor Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 18 1926. LX No. 1561

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Miss Venetia Taylor, daughter of Captain and Mrs J. V. Taylor. Her forthcoming marriage to the Earl of Cottenham was announced for January.

• Bride: Sybil Venetia Taylor, daughter of Captain John Vickris Taylor and Sybil Mary Hopkinson.
• Groom: Mark Everard Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham (1903–1943), a noted racing driver and later an officer with MI5.
• Marriage and Family: The couple had two daughters before their divorce in 1939: Lady Rose Edith Idina Pepys (1927–2021) and Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys (1930–2017).
• Later Life: Following the divorce, Venetia Taylor married Charles Christopher Courtenay, 17th Earl of Devon. They had two children, Lady Katherine Felicity Courtenay and Hugh Rupert Courtenay, later the 18th Earl of Devon.
• Succession: The 6th Earl of Cottenham died in 1943 without a male heir, and the title passed to his younger brother, John Digby Thomas Pepys.

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.