The Queen

Field & Queen (Horace Cox), Windsor House, Bream's Building, London E.C. in 1914-16

Hudson & Kearns Ltd, Hatfield Street, Stamford Street, London, S.E. 1 in 1933-35

The subtitle of The Queen was The Lady's Newspaper; its sub-sub title was The Court Chronicle. It was a Royalist weekly newspaper aimed at a loyal aristocracy and women in high society. The magazine was established in 1861 and was published for over 100 years before it merged in 1970 with Harper's Bazaar to become Harper's and Queen. The name Queen was soon dropped and it became Harper's Bazaar.

Blampied's work has been found in the magazine in two brief periods 17 years apart: in 25 issues between November 1914 and December 1916, then again in 19 issues between November 1933 and March 1935. There may be more as I haven't searched it exhaustively. Blampied mostly provided illustrations for a chapter of a story, which was usually serialised, so his work appeared in several consecutive issues. The colour drawings in the early issues were of women's fashions, of which I have one example, cut from the original magazine. A later issue reproduced a portrait of Queen Mary (see left) but all other drawings were in monochrome. Single copies of the magazine are rare. I have only four Christmas issues and a single page.

Numbering: Consecutive in quarterly volumes of 13 weekly issues.

Price: 6 pence in 1914-16; 1 shilling in 1933-35. Christmas issues were twice the price.

Pages: 52 in 1935.

Dimensions: 400 x 275 mm in 1914-16; 337 x 255 mm in 1933-35

Editor: Not known.

Printer: the publishers (see above)

Blampied issues: 44

Title page of Christmas issue, 1934, by Blampied.

Type: MO = monochrome drawing; CO = colour drawing; the number indicates the number of drawings or pages.

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— 1914 —

Issue: 5-Sep-1914, vol. 136, no. 3532, page 393. Price: 6d. Type: CO1. Title: For the moors.

Issue: 10-Oct-1914, vol. 136, no. 3537, page 617. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: The tailoring test at Kenneth Durward's, Ulster House, Conduit Street. [No image available]

Issue: 10-Oct-1914, vol. 136, no. 3537, page 619. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: Imaculate tailoring at Thomas and Sons', 6, Brook Street, W. [No image available]

Issue: 3-Oct-1914, vol. 136, no. 3536, Autumn Fashions, page 534. Price: 6d. Type: CO1. Title: Costume talileurs. [No image available]

Issue: 3-Oct-1914, vol. 136, no. 3536, Autumn Fashions, page 545. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: Useful and practical wraps at Elvery's, 31, Conduit Street. [No image available]

Issue: 3-Oct-1914, vol. 136, no. 3536, Autumn Fashions, page 554. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: Autumn wraps. [No image available]

Issue: 7-Nov-1914, vol. 136, no. 3541, page 760. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: Coats of the moment. [No image available]

Issue: 14-Nov-1914, vol. 136, no. 3542, Christmas number, page 802-803. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Red tape. Author: May Sinclair. [No image available]

Issue: 14-Nov-1914, vol. 136, no. 3542, Christmas number, page 808-810. Price: 1/-. Type: MO2. Title: Harrington's. Author: E.OE Somerville & Martin Ross. [No image available]

Issue: 6-Dec-1914, vol. 136, no. 3545, page 956-960. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The Workshop of the World. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 12-Dec-1914, vol. 136, no. 3546, page 1022-1023. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The Workshop of the World. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 19-Dec-1914, vol. 136, no. 3547, page 1068-1070. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The Workshop of the World. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 26-Dec-1914, vol. 136, no. 3548, page 1114-1115. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The Workshop of the World. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

— 1915 —

Issue: 2-Jan-1915, vol. 137, no. 3549, page 32-33. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 9-Jan-1915, vol. 137, no. 3550, page 72. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 16-Jan-1915, vol. 137, no. 3551, page 112-113. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 23-Jan-1915, vol. 137, no. 3552, page 148-149. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 30-Jan-1915, vol. 137, no. 3553, page 192-193. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 6-Feb-1915, vol. 137, no. 3554, page 218-219. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 13-Feb-1915, vol. 137, no. 3555, page 270-271. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 20-Feb-1915, vol. 137, no. 3556, page 316-317. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 27-Feb-1915, vol. 137, no. 3557, page 356-357. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 6-Mar-1915, vol. 137, no. 3558, page 400-401. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 18-Mar-1915, vol. 137, no. 3559, page 450-451. Price: 6d. Type: MO2. Title: The workshop of the world. Author: Marguerite & Armiger Barclay. [No image available]

Issue: 24-Jul-1915, vol. 138, no. 3578, page 163. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: For summer days. [No image available]

Issue: 7-Aug-1915, vol. 138, no. 3580, page 257. Price: 1/-. Type: CO1. Title: For the moors. [No image available]

Issue: 21-Aug-1915, vol. 138, no. 3582, page 345. Price: 6d. Type: MO1. Title: Two demi-toilettes in black and white. [No image available]

Issue: 20-Nov-1915, vol. 138, no. 3595, Christmas double number, page 923-924. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: The Inn at Port Sidon. Author: Countess of Cromartie.

Issue: 20-Nov-1915, vol. 138, no. 3595, Christmas double number, page 925-927. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: The railway patrol. Author: H. B. Marriott Watson

— 1916 —

Issue: 18-Nov-1916, vol. 140, no. 3647, Christmas double number, page 718-719. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: The feather. Author: Marjorie L C Pickthall

— 1933 —

Issue: 22-Nov-1933, vol. 174, no. 4535, Christmas Number, page 24-26. Price: 2/-. Type: MO2. Title: Christmas night. A story of Bethlehem. Author: G. Bernard Hughes.

Issue: 29-Nov-1933, vol. 174, no. 4536, page 16-17. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Christmas Night. A story of Bethlehem. Author: G. Bernard Hughes. [No image available]

Issue: 6-Dec-1933, vol. 174, no. 4537, page 14-15. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Christmas Night. A story of Bethlehem. Author: G. Bernard Hughes. [No image available]

— 1934 —

Issue: 14-Mar-1934, vol. 175, no. 4551, page 8. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a novelist (Henry Handel Richardson). Author: Florence B Low. [No image available]

Issue: 21-Mar-1934, vol. 175, no. 4552, Spring number, page 18. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of an actor (Noel Coward). Author: Cyril Butcher. [No image available]

Issue: 4-Apr-1934, vol. 175, no. 4554, page 12. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of an athlete (Lord Burghley). Author: Cyril Butcher. [No image available]

Issue: 25-Apr-1934, vol. 175, no. 4557, page 15. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a financier. Author: Cyril Butcher.

Issue: 9-May-1934, vol. 175, no. 4559, page 29. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of an author. Author: C.B. [No image available]

Issue: 12-May-1934, vol. 175, no. 4560, page 12. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a litterateur. [No image available]

Issue: 6-Jun-1934, vol. 175, no. 4563, page 16. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of an actress. Author: Helen Trevelyan. [No image available]

Issue: 15-Aug-1934, vol. 175, no. 4573, page 10. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: A faithful archbishop. [No image available]

Issue: 22-Aug-1934, vol. 175, no. 4574, page 10. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: A Pope of infinite wisdowm. [No image available]

Issue: 17-Oct-1934, vol. 176, no. 4582, page 23. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: A latter-day saint. [No image available]

Issue: 24-Oct-1934, vol. 176, no. 4583, page 26. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a playwright. Author: C.B. [No image available]

Issue: 14-Nov-1934, vol. 176, no. 4586, page 14. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a king. [No image available]

Issue: 21-Nov-1934, vol. 176, no. 4587, Christmas Number, page 3. Price: 2/-. Type: CO1. Title: Her Majesty the Queen.

[This portrait of Queen Mary was probably done from photographs. Blampied didn't enjoy doing portraits, but this was probably a commission. The original painting, which was oil on board, was sold at an auction at Phillips in London of Modern British Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture on 13th June 1989, lot 105. It sold for £2,600. ]

Issue: 19-Dec-1934, vol. 176, no. 4591, page 23. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a politician. [No image available]

— 1935 —

Issue: 30-Jan-1935, vol. 176, no. 4597, page 20. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of an actor. [No image available]

Issue: 6-Mar-1935, vol. 177, no. 4602, page 22. Price: 1/-. Type: MO1. Title: Portrait of a happy philosopher. [No image available]