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Book of Fair Women: photographs by E.O. Hoppé, 1910-21


32 Portraits in set

The Book of Fair Women was published in a limited edition of 560 numbered copies, first in Britain and then in America and Germany. The book contained thirty-two photogravure plates of Hoppé’s portraits of beautiful women from around the world. The German edition had four additional plates, taken by the daughter of Hoppé’s friend and mentor, the leading German portraitist Rudolf Dührkoop, Minya Diez-Dührkoop.

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Carmen Tórtola Valencia, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132935

Carmen Tórtola Valencia

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1910
NPG Ax132935

Sophie Fedorova, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132939

Sophie Fedorova

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, July 1912
NPG Ax132939

Mademoiselle Raymonde Thuillier, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132933

Mademoiselle Raymonde Thuillier

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1915
NPG Ax132933

Mika Mikun, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132940

Mika Mikun

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1916
NPG Ax132940

Kathlene Martyn, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132930

Kathlene Martyn

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, circa 1917
NPG Ax132930

Flore Revalles, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132934

Flore Revalles

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, circa 1917
NPG Ax132934

Signora Comanetti, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132937

Signora Comanetti

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, circa 1917
NPG Ax132937

Maria Di Castellani, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132938

Maria Di Castellani

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1917
NPG Ax132938

Julia Hoyt (née Robbins), by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132945

Julia Hoyt (née Robbins)

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 1920
NPG Ax132945

Princess Monchsa, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132956

Princess Monchsa

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, circa 1920
NPG Ax132956

Dame Gladys Cooper, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132929

Dame Gladys Cooper

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 23 June 1921
NPG Ax132929

Fedora Roselli ((Edith) Dora Bernard (née Hodges)), by E.O. Hoppé - NPG Ax132936

Fedora Roselli ((Edith) Dora Bernard (née Hodges))

by E.O. Hoppé
photogravure, 20 October 1921
NPG Ax132936