Anne Harriet Fish Archive

Annie Harriet Fish Sefton, best known as “Fish, (1890-1964), was a British cartoonist and illustrator. Read more.
This archive is a treasure trove, encompassing all the pages of the 1920 book High Society, a selection of her iconic covers and plates for Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar, and some of her advertisements for Abdulla Cigarettes.

These high-resolution images, ready for use in large-sized prints, have been carefully digitally restored, ensuring that the feel and detail of the originals are preserved. For your convenience, all of the page text is readily available in the file’s metadata.
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Social Events in 1920s High Society. By Fish

Social Events in 1920s High Society. By Fish

A second compilation of pages from Vanity Fair and the book “High Society” on “Social Events in 1920s High Society,” illustrated by Anne Fish.
Any double-page plate focuses on a specific topic providing a unique, rich lens into American and international high society’s lifestyles of the 1910s and 1920s. Rigorously in black and white, these inimitable sketches are completed with entertaining captions.

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Flirting, Engagement, Weddings & Divorce in 1920s High Society. By Fish

Flirting, Engagement, Weddings & Divorce in 1920s High Society. By Fish

A first compilation of pages from Vanity Fair and the book “High Society” on Flirting, Engagement, Weddings & Divorce, illustrated by Anne Fish.
Any double-page plate focuses on a specific topic providing a unique, rich lens into American and international high society’s lifestyles of the 1910s and 1920s. Rigorously in black and white, these inimitable sketches are completed with entertaining captions.

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Abdulla Cigarettes 1921. Mélisande at Montecarlo, by Anne Fish

Abdulla Cigarettes 1921. Mélisande at Montecarlo, by Anne Fish

The full 1921 Abdulla ad campaign in the French magazine “La Vie Parisienne.” The star is Mélisande, a wealthy, young, elegant, and beautiful Parisian who goes to Monte Carlo to try her luck at the casino. Here she meets an elegant Englishman who woos her and with whom she gets engaged and finally marries three days before New Year’s Eve; her life unfolds between suitors, losses, and wins at the table and a lifestyle of unbridled luxury.

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