Miss Emily Birch Country Life Magazine Portrait March 31 2005

Miss Emily Birch Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 31 2005. CXCIX No. 13

Miss Emily Birch - Emily, aged 25, is a milliner. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Birch of Barbery Farm, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire. Educated at Rugby, she graduated from King's College, London, with a degree in English and French, and then took an MA in French Literature and Culture. She has her own label, Diva Blue, and is shown here wearing one of her own designs. Emily's mother (née Meadows) appeared as a COUNTRY LIFE frontispiece on January 3/10, 1974, at the time of her engagement.

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.