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Biog: - Role: William, Baron Bentinck, AD 1643.(1) Date: 3 July 1897. Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897. Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W. Descr: FL standing. Costume: - Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop with landscape after Reynolds. (2)
Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W. Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 2 (see also neg no 1388A). Copyright: V&A All
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References: Biog: - Role: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 286, (National Portrait Gallery Archives). Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984. Costume: - Photog: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; Black and White, 3 July 1897, p 386. Reproduced: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 286, (National Portrait Gallery Archives).
Acknowledgements: -
1. The following newspaper and magazines reported the sitter's role as a 'Gentleman of the Court of Charles II': The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, p 8a; The Court Journal, 10 July 1897, p 1248c; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 52c. 2. Backdrop after portrait of Elizabeth Catharine Rivett, Mrs. Carnac, by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1775. (The Wallace Collection). (J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1985.) |
