Lady Moira Combe nee Scott and Audrey Combe Country Life Magazine Portrait March 20 1926

Lady Moira Combe nee Moira Scott and Daughter Audrey Combe Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 20 1926. LIX No. 1524

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Lady Moira Combe with her young daughter, Audrey Combe. Lady Moira, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Clonmell, married Major H. C. S. Combe, D.S.O., Royal Horse Guards, in 1920, and at the time had a young son and daughter.

Lady Moira Combe, born Lady Moira Edith Scott, was the eldest daughter of the 7th Earl of Clonmell.

• Marriage: She married Major Christian Combe in 1920.
• Children: At the time of the portrait, she had two children:
  • Audrey Moulie Estelle Combe (born December 22, 1921), the daughter shown in the portrait
  • Harvey Christian Rupert Peter Combe (born August 29, 1925), her infant son
• Social Context: Being featured as a frontispiece in Country Life was considered a mark of social distinction within British high society, often associated with the series known as the “Girls in Pearls”.

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.