Anna Pavlova black and white photographic postcard and autograph, framed and glazed, approx 18.5 x 32 cms, on the reverse of the frame is a note of provenance on a photographic postcard from the vendor 'My mother's father Tom Bee was stage manager of the Nottingham Empire when Pavlova appeared there from 10th August 1920. My mother would have been eleven years old at the time and used to visit her father most evenings. She got to know Pavlova very well who took a liking to her. In my mother's own words "she carried her costumes in large laundry baskets, I remember sitting on those baskets talking to Ms Pavlova while she darned her ballet shoes". The front of the photographic postcard depicts Ms Pavlova in front of one of these baskets.