Miss Olivia Dawnay Country Life Magazine Portrait May 12 2005

Miss Olivia Dawnay Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, May 12 2005. CXCIX No. 19

Miss Olivia Dawnay - Olivia, aged 23, is an actress. She is the second daughter of Mr and Mrs James Dawnay of Symington House, Biggar. Lanarkshire. Educated at Downe House and Uppingham, she graduated with a degree in English Literature from St Andrews. She is now studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, finishing this September.

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.