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Mary Evans now representing the National Magazine Company
The UK historical image specialty library, Mary Evans Picture Library, has announced exclusive rights to represent images from the National Magazine Company archive. The collection includes imagery from many popular magazines including such publications as The Queen, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Nash's magazine, and many other related periodicals. The first set of images from the National Magazine Collection is currently available and further content will be added in weekly installments from the archives which date back as far as the 1860s.
Tom Gillmor, Head of Content at Mary Evans Picture Library says, "This is a truly unique collection of magazines filled with quite superb illustrations and photographs, all the more fascinating for the fact they have never been commercially marketed before. We are truly excited about being able to offer material from such a diverse range of important, seminal publications." The company issued a press release with the following descriptions of the major publications included in the collection:
Launched in 1861, The Queen was one of the great, illustrated papers of the 19th century, managing to combine a global outlook with a feminine perspective. Alongside embroidery patterns and coiffure advertisements are fascinating engravings of some the period's most important events from the American Civil War to the death of the Prince Consort. It eventually evolved into a fashion and society magazine filled celebrities, royalty and the latest from Paris while The Queen's cover designs from the 1950s are a perfect slice of vintage style.
Rivalling Vogue as a bible of fashion and good taste, Harper's Bazaar began in 1920 and was an instant success, not least for its stunning covers by Erté and Benigni - the epitome of art deco style. The finest fashion illustrators of the day contributed work and all the great couturiers - Hartnell, Schiaparelli, Worth - were featured alongside gossip, glamour, society news and editorial by feted writers such as Dorothy Parker and Evelyn Waugh.
Good Housekeeping, an institution still very much alive today, gives a wonderful insight into the history of domestic life and the home over the past century. It was an indispensable guide during WWII, offering valuable advice in the make-do-and-mend mould, from enterprising ways to stretch the weekly ration to economical sewing patterns. Its front cover designs are a key feature with charming illustrations of children and family life providing a contrast with the haughty art deco of Harper's Bazaar.
Far a selection of images from the National Magazine Company click here.
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