| BAMBRIDGE,
MRS.
Neg. No: (GP) L 9241
Neg. Size: 15"X12"
Neg. Date: 22-10-1924
Subject:
Captain and Mrs George Bambridge, wedding portrait. Sitter:
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(Bride-groom)
Captain George Louis St. Clair Bambridge (1892-1943 ),
attaché at British Embassy, Madrid (1922-24), at Brussels (1924-5),
reappointed to Madrid (1926-8) and at Paris (1929-33); retired 1933;
art collector. |
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(Bride)
Mrs George Bambridge, née Elsie Kipling (1896-1976), only surviving
child of Rudyard Kipling; m. (1924) Captain George Louis St. Clair
Bambridge. |
Date:
22 October 1924.
Occasion:
The marriage, 22 October 1924, at St. Margaret's, Westminster.
Location:
93, Eaton Square: residence of Stanley Baldwin, the bride's uncle.
Descr:
FL.
Costume:
Wedding dress:
"...a
gown of frosted-silver lace over deep-cream satin, with the drapery
cought at the right side with a cluster of orange blossom; (...) a long
train of similar lace over chiffon, and a Russian coronet of orange
blossom and green leaves held in place [by] a plain tulle veil"
(The Times, 23 October 1924, p 17c).
Jewellery:
(Bride) A string of pearls.
Furniture
& Props: -
Photographer:
Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London. Evidence
of photographer at work: -
No
of related negatives: 3.
Copyright:
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Provenance: Pinewood
Studios; acquired 1989.
References:
Biog:
(Capt. G. Bambridge) Kelly's, ed. 1929 & 1936; "Paintings
in Trust", House & Garden, December 1995, pp 33-36.
Inscription
on grave:
In loving and happy
memory of George Louis St Clair Bambridge M.C. of Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.
Born 27 September 1892. Died 16th Dec 1943. Captain Irish Guards 1915-1918.
Attached to Diplomatic Service 1922-1933. E'en as he trod that day to
God so walked he from his birth, in simpleness and gentleness and honour
and clean mirth. Also of his beloved wife, Elsie Bambridge, born 2 February
1896, died 23 May 1976, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, benefactress to
the nation. [Last private owner of Wimpole]. Source: The Churchyard
Register, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole. http://www.wimpole.uk.com/churchyard.htm
Occasion:
The Times, 23 October 1924, p 17c; The Sketch, 29 October
1924, p 230; The Gentlewoman, 1 November 1924, p 545; Charles
Carrington, Rudyard Kipling. His Life and Work, London, 1986,
pp 595-96.
Costume:
The Times, 23 October 1924, p 17c; The Gentlewoman,
1 November 1924, p 545.
Jewellery:
The Times, 23 October 1924, p 17c.
Reproduced:
The Sketch, 29 October 1924, p 230; The Gentlewoman,
1 November 1924, p 230.
Additional
Information: -
Acknowledgements:
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