Sitter: Lady Randolph Churchill, née Jennie Jerome (1854-1921). |
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Biog: Socialite, magazine editor and journalist; 2nd daughter of Leonard Jerome, financier, of New York; m. 1stly (1874) Lord Randolph Churchill, statesman; m. 2ndly (1900) Captain George Cornwallis-West, div. (1913); m 3rdly (1918) Montagu Phippen Porch, colonial administrator. Image published in Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years
Date: 9 December 1899. Occasion: - Location: The Lafayette studio, 179 New Bond Street, London. Descr: HL sitting. Costume: Tulle around arms, in the manner of Cosway. Jewellery: - Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; chair. Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London. Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 2 Copyright: V&A All images on this site are copyright V&A. For further information on using or requesting copies of any images please contact the V&A Picture Library: vaimages@vam.ac.uk including the URL of the relevant page Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.References: Biog: Burkes' Peerage; Who's Who; Mrs. George Corwallis-West, The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill, London, 1908; George Corwallis-West, Edwardian Heydays, London, 1930; Ralph G. Martin, Lady Randolph Churchill: A Biography, London, 1974. Occasion: - Costume: - Jewellery: - Reproduced: Anon., Kings, Court and Society: Recollection of a Veteran, London (?), facing p 16. Additional Information: - Acknowledgements: -
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