Miss Melissa Lilley Country Life Magazine Portrait January 30 2003

Miss Melissa Lilley Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, January 30, 2003. CXCVII No. 5

Miss Melissa Lilley - Melissa, aged 21, is the daughter of Mr Peter Lilley and of Mrs Susan Sangster. Having ridden since childhood, Melissa is now pursuing a showjumping career. She has three horses on which she competes countrywide, and is currently being trained by Jabeena Maslin in Dorset. Since the age of three, she has spent most of her holidays in Barbados, where her mother has a house...

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.