The Pretty Children Competition

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

The Pretty Children Competition is a photo published in The Tatler on 14 september 1904.


The Tatler (14 september 1904, p. 417)

The Pretty Children Competition

The Three Prizewinners and Nine other Beautiful Children selected by Lady Conan-Doyle and Mrs. Thomas Hardy.

FIRST PRIZE — QUEENIE MAY, DAUGHTER OF MRS. A. WELLS, BROAD STREET, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX

Queenie was born May 1, 1898. The first prize is a tulip-pattern solid silver tea and coffee service with hot-water jug, the exact reproduction of the set built by the Association of Diamond Merchants, Ltd., for the Glasgow Exhibition to represent English silver work. Valued at £55.

Photo by Gunn & Co., Richmond, copyright of "The Tatler"