Sir Horace Edmund Avory Country Life Magazine Portrait May 12 1928

Sir Horace Edmund Avory, Mr. Justice Avory Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, May 12 1928. LXIII No. 1634

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Mr. Justice Avory, who has served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice (King's Bench Division) since 1910.

• Identity: Sir Horace Edmund Avory (1851–1935), a prominent English High Court judge.
• Education: He was educated at King’s College London and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
• Legal Career: Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1875, he was made King’s Counsel (took silk) in 1901.
• Judicial Role: Appointed to the High Court in 1910, serving in the King’s Bench Division.
• Reputation: Known for his firm and often severe judicial style, he was sometimes referred to as a “hanging judge.”
• Notable Cases: He was involved in several high-profile legal proceedings, including acting as prosecuting counsel in the trials of Oscar Wilde, and involvement in the Adolf Beck case, which contributed to the establishment of the Court of Criminal Appeal.

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.