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Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

(1885-1971), Writer; wife of Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke; daughter of 2nd Viscount Esher

Sitter in 12 portraits

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Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140501

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140573

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Curtis Moffat, and Olivia Wyndham
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 20 January 1926
NPG x193449

Elizabeth Vidmer (née Brooke) ('Princess Pearl'); Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Paul Tanqueray
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 27 November 1929
NPG x193446

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1930
NPG x180050

Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke; Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 July 1932
NPG x150287

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 July 1932
NPG x150288

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 26 September 1932
NPG x85229

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1924)
NPG D504

Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 September 1932
NPG x158693

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Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 26 September 1932
NPG x158694

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Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak

by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D510

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Related People

Hon. Dorothy Eugénie Brett (sister)
Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (husband)
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher (father)
Eleanor Frances Weston (née Van de Weyer), Viscountess Esher (mother)
Elizabeth Vidmer (née Brooke) ('Princess Pearl') (daughter)

Place

Surrey

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