Billie Burke, American actress Size:M: 60 x 40cm Inscribed below: 'The representation of

Inscribed below: 'The representation of the Heavens as seen (nr St Albans) previous to that dreadful storm of thunder lightning & rain which hapned on the 19 of June 1781'

c late 19th century

William Pickering

and biologist

Billie Burke, American actress Size:M: 60 x 40cm Inscribed below: 'The representation ofBillie Burke, American actress, c1903 1919. Billie Burke's (1884 1970) stage career began in London in 1903. She later returned to the United States to become a star in Broadway musical comedies. In 1914 she married Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. In 1916 Burke made her film debut, but preferred stage roles as they permitted her to have speaking parts. She returned to the screen in the 1930s however, and in 1939 played the part of Glinda, the