Viscountess Linley, Serena Linley Country Life Magazine Portrait March 7 2002

Viscountess Linley - Serena Linley Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 7, 2002. CXCVI No. 10

Viscountess Linley - Serena Linley, photographed here by her father-in-law, Lord Snowdon, is shown wearing a carved beechwood tiara designed by David Linley and Tim Gosling. The tiara, which takes the form of autumn leaves, has been specially designed for the forthcoming 'Tiaras' exhibi-tion at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which opens on March 21. Two hundred tiaras, dating from the 18th century to the present day, will be on display at the exhibition, which is sponsored by the Diamond Trading Company.

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.