Mary Charteris Country Life Magazine Portrait February 10 2005

The Honourable Mary Charteris Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, February 10 2005. CXCIX No. 6

The Honourable Mary Charteris - Mary, aged 17, is the daughter of Lord Neidpath, of Stanway House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and of the Honourable Mrs Hesketh, of Meols Hall, Southport, Lancashire. She is studying for A levels at Francis Holland School, and is seen here modelling a dress by the print designer Isaac Raine.

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.