Nancy cunard

*Nancy Cunard was born on this date in 1896. She was a white-European writer, heiress, civil rights, and political activist. Nancy Clara Cunard was born into the British upper class; her father was Sir Bache Cunard, an heir to the Cunard Line shipping businesses, a polo and fox hunting enthusiast, and a baronet. Her mother was Maud Alice Burke, an American heiress who adopted the first name […]

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Nancy Cunard photographed by Man Ray, 1925. When we think of an heiress, we tend to picture an overdressed spendthrift sipping a top shelf cocktail from an expensive crystal glass; her eyes mischievously peering over the rim telling stories of glamour, sex and scandal. Heir to the Cunard shippin

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Nancy Cunard wearing bakelite bangles. Photo by Man Ray.

Here's another member of the Polka Dot club Nancy Cunard photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1929. You may recall this photo of "The Polka Dot Club" in Larned, Kansas about 1900. See my blog post about a year ago by clicking here: http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2009/11/polka-dot-club.html Tilly Losch by Beaton Beaton probably used this photo backdrop in other portraits. It's so-o-o modern. This woman may not look like the height of fashion today but she was styling in the 1890s. Dots were…