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BROOKE, MISS SYLVIA; MULHOLLAND, HON CHARLES
Neg. No: (GP) 8263
Neg. Size: 12"x15"
Neg. Date: 26-02-1920

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Subject: Bridesmaids to Hon Mr and Mrs Charles Henry George Mulholland.

Bridesmaids to Hon Mr and Mrs Charles Henry George Mulholland.

Sitters: 6 unidentified children

Date: 26 February 1920.

Occasion: The marriage, 26 February 1920, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London.

Location: 52, Portland Square, London [lent by Lady St. Helier].

Descr: FL

Costume: Bridesmaids' dresses: "... pale yellow satin dresses made with long skirts and short bodices, with a lace tabbier. They wore green wreaths and the bridegroom's gifts, amber pendants of mandarin buttons.... They carried early Victorian bouques of tulips, yellow narcissi, and mimosa." (The Times 27 February 1920, p 17c).

Costume Designer: -

Costume Supplier: -

Furniture & Props: -

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

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of relative negatives: 3.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; Who was Who; The Times, 21 July 1956, p 10b.

Occasion: The Sketch, 3 March 1920, p 336; The Queen, 6 March 1920, p 289.

Costume: The Sketch, 3 March 1920, p 336.

Costume Designer: -

Costume Supplier: -

Reproduced: The Sketch, 3 March 1920, p 336; The Queen, 6 March 1920, p 289.