Mrs Richard Hart-Davis as Ariel
Baroness Gagern as Europa
Lady Bridgett Poulett as Arethusa
Lady Anne Rhys as the goddess Flora
Mrs Anthony Eden as Clio, the Muse of History
Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury as Ariadne
The Honorable Mrs Bryan Guinness as Venus
Mrs Edward Mayer as Medusa
Today I'm admiring this extraordinary 1935 series by English photographer Yevonde Cumbers Middleton (1893 — 1975). Known as Madame Yevonde, she was a pioneer of the use of colour in portrait photography. These particular portraits were inspired by a party held that same year, and feature society women dressed as mythological beings. See more portraits from the series here on Retronaut.