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ABERDOUR, LADY
Neg. No: (GP) 5086
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 28-06-1906

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Sitter: Minnie Lady Aberdour, née Minnie Christina Brenda Hay (1880-1954).

Minnie Lady Aberdour, née Minnie Christina Brenda Hay (1880-1954).

Biog: Daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay; m (1905) Sholto Charles, Lord Aberdour, eldest son and heir of 19th Earl of Morton.

Date: 28 June 1906.

Occasion: The Court, 28 June 1906: presented by Lady John Hay.

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress.

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; wooden carved chair

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.

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No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989. 

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Times, 1 September 1954, p 8d.

Occasion: The Times, 30 June 1906, p 13a.

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Reproduced: (version) The Ladies' Field, 7 July 1906, p 156; (version) A.C. Fox-Davies (ed.), Their Majesties' Court, 1906, London, 1907, plate 432.

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