Sitter: Charlotte Mary, Viscountess Barrington, née Charlotte Mary Leicester Stopford (d.1935).

Biog: Elder daughter of Major George Montagu Stopford; m. 1stly (?) John Arden Birch (d.?); m. 2ndly, as his 2nd wife, (1905) Walter Bulkeley Barrington, 9th Viscount Barrington (1848-1933).

Date: 19 July 1911.

Occasion: Coronation of King George V, 23 June 1911.

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

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Peeress's robes:

"Viscountess Barrington wore gold tissue, draped with very old Maltese family lace and caught up in front with red velvet" (see: The Standard, 23 June 1911, p 9f).

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean style armchair; Louis XV style giltwood footstool.

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No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Burke's Peerage; Debrett's Illustrated Peerage.

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Costume: The Standard, 23 June 1911, p 9f.

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