Miss Xanthe Elbrick Country Life Magazine Portrait February 19 2004

Miss Xanthe Elbrick Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, February 19, 2004. CXCVIII No. 8

Miss Xanthe Elbrick - Xanthe, aged 25, is an actress. She won a BBC talent acting award in 2001, and is now studying for her Masters in Dramatic Arts at the Actors Studio in New York. She has also trained at RADA and the Herbert Berghof Studio. Educated at Benenden, Xanthe graduated with a degree in philosophy and theology from the University of Edinburgh, where she directed the Edinburgh Footlights. She is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Elbrick, of Freston House, Ipswich, Suffolk, and is shown here with her labrador Indy.

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.