Miss Angela Beit Country Life Magazine Portrait February 19 1927

Miss Angela Beit Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, February 19 1927. LXI No. 1570

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of Miss Angela Beit, elder daughter of Sir Otto Beit and Lady Beit, whose engagement has recently been announced.

• Identity: Alice Angela Beit (1899–1982) was the daughter of Sir Otto Beit, a prominent philanthropist and financier.
• Role: She served as Master of the Hertfordshire Hunt, a notable position in British hunting society.
• Engagement: She became engaged to Arthur Clifford Howie Bull, younger son of Rev. Reginald Bull.
• Marriage: The couple married on June 2, 1927, at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, London.
• Children: They had four children, including:
  • Rosemary Claire Bull (1928–2011)
  • Diana J. Bull
  • Nicholas Theodore “Theo” Bull (1935–2003)
• Family Background: Her father, Sir Otto Beit, was a leading figure in British society and philanthropy.

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.