JOLLY ROGER

Original 9 1/2 inch x 6 3/4 inch Portrait of GEORGE ROBEY in the 1933 Walter Leigh Stage Musical JOLLY ROGER.

Portrait by Bertram Park with stamp on reverse.

”Having started in the family firm, manufacturers of artist’s materials, Park developed an interest in photography and became a professional portraitist. He was a founder member of the London Salon of Photography in 1910. Park set up studios on Dover Street, London with Marcus Adams and his wife Yvonne Gregory in 1919. He was successful, being obliged to have up to five sittings a day to satisfy the demand. He photographed the British Royal Family, and his reputation was such that various European crowned heads would come annually to his studio to be photographed. His stylish and beautifully composed portrait studies more often relied on dramatic lighting than on elaborate backgrounds.”

Text attached to reverse: GEORGE ROBEY as Bold Ben Blister in “JOLLY ROGER”, the successful musical burlesque, which reaches its 50th. performance at the SAVOY THEATRE on Thursday, April 13th.