Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as 'Arethusa'. Vivex colour print, 1935 | NPG Given by Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers)), 1971

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Arethusa was a wood nymph from Elis, associated with the goddess Artemis. Pursued relentlessly by the river-god Alpheus, Arethusa begged for Artemis's help in escaping his attentions. The goddess opened up a passage under the sea which enabled Arethusa to emerge as a spring in Syracuse, on the island of Ortygia (Sicily) - hence the seaweed in Yevonde's sitter's hair. (quoted from src)

Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as ‘Arethusa’. Vivex colour print, 1935 | NPG

Lady Bridget Poulett, Paul Tanqueray, 1932

Lady Bridget Poulett photographed by Paul Tanqueray, 1932

Lady Bridget Poulett, 1932

Lady Bridget Poulett. Photograph by Paul Tanqueray, 1932. 

Lady Bridget Poulett, 1936

Lady Bridget Poulett was considered one of the great Society Beauties of the 1930s. She was famous for her almond green eyes and jet black hair.

Lady Bridget Poulett by Paul Tanqueray [1932] 

Lady Bridget Poulett as ‘Arethusa’, 1935

Photo: Yevonde Cumbers Middleton (Madame Yevonde) (British, 1893–1975)

Bridget Bertie (c.1680–1747/1748), Countess Poulett - Godfrey Kneller

Lady Bridget Poulett. Photograph by Paul Tanqueray, 1932. Courtesy of a Private Collection © Paul Tanqueray Estate.

CECIL BEATON'S BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS

The Soapsuds Group, 1930: Baba Beaton, Wanda Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Bridget Poulett The Hon. Diana Guinness, 1930 Baba Beaton as Empress Eugenie at the Famous Beauties Ball, 1931 Miss Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star, 1928

Lady Bridget Poulett (1912 - 1975), dressed as Arethusa for the Goddesses series of colour Vivex photographs by Madame Yevonde (1893-1975)

The Silver Soap Suds (L to R: Baba Beaton, the Hon. Mrs Charles Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Bridget Poulett), 1930 - by Cecil Beaton https://www.instagram.com/p/CFaEmqlAYpa/?igshid=13ytudc24hig6

Countess Poulett (born Sylvia Storey) with her children George Poulett (later Earl Poulett) and Lady Bridget Poulett (later Robledo), 1928

Lady Bridget Poulett by Paul Tanqueray, 1932