1914. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 20). Photograph of Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (age 6). © National Portrait Gallery.

Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig: On 09 Mar 1907 she was born to Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig and Dorothy Maud Vivian. In 1997 she died.

1914. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 20). Photograph of Helen Venetia Duncombe Viscountess D'Abernon (age 48). © National Portrait Gallery.

Around 1925. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 31). Photograph of Mary Borden Lady Spears (age 38). © National Portrait Gallery.

1930. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 36). Photograph of Raine Mccorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer. © National Portrait Gallery.

1932. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 38). Photograph of Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll (age 19). © National Portrait Gallery.

1932. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 38). Photograph of Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll (age 19). © National Portrait Gallery.

1932. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 38). Photograph of Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood (age 32). © National Portrait Gallery.

Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood: On 22 Sep 1899 she was born. On 20 Dec 1922 John Lindsay Dashwood 10th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. On 28 Jun 1989 she died.

1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 39). Photograph of Adele Astaire (age 36), Lady Charles Cavendish (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.

Adele Astaire: On 10 Sep 1896 she was born. In 1932 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish and she were married at Chatsworth House. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire. On 25 Jan 1981 she died.

1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 39). Photograph of Diana Mitford (age 22). © National Portrait Gallery.

Diana Mitford: On 17 Jun 1910 she was born to David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles. On 06 Oct 1936 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet and she were married. On 11 Aug 2003 Diana Mitford died.

1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 39). Photograph of Adele Astaire (age 36), Lady Charles Cavendish (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.

1934. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 40). Photograph on the cover of Tatler of Lady Milbanke (age 35) i.e. Sheila Chisholm.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester (age 33). © National Portrait Gallery.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston (age 52). © National Portrait Gallery.

Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston: On 29 Oct 1882 she was born to Jenico Preston 14th Viscount Gormanston. On 16 Jun 1906 Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart and she were married. He the son of John Crichton-Stuart 3rd Marquis of the Isle of Bute and Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard Marchioness Bute. On 16 Feb 1975 she died.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 32). © National Portrait Gallery.

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm (age 36) as "Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons". © The Yevonde Portrait Archive.

1937. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 43). Photograph of Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood (age 37). © National Portrait Gallery.