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Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102049

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102049

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102050

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102050

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102051

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102051

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102052

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102052

Hope Charteris, by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102053

Hope Charteris

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102053

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102054

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102054

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102055

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102055

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102056

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102056

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102058

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102058

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x102059

Hope Charteris as Aki San in 'The Mousmé' (The Maids in Japan)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 23 November 1911
NPG x102059

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John Blackman

12 February 2017, 13:38

Hope Charteris was born in Queensland Australia and was the niece of my grandmother. Her name was Elizabeth Ann Brown. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in 1910/11.
She later went into music hall and was part of a double act with Ada Reeve.

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