Lady Marguerite Clarke, née Prevost (d1918) by Lafayette 1898

CLARKE, LADY
Neg. No: GP (L) 1759
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 09-06-1898

Sitter: Lady Marguerite Clarke, née Prevost (d1918).

Biog: 2nd daughter of James Prevost, of Leghorn; m (1880) Sir Ernest Clarke, Kt. (cr 1898), Secretary of Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1887-1905; First Lecturer on Agricultural History at Cambridge University, 1896-99.

Date: 9 June 1898.

Occasion: The Court, 8 June 1898: presented by Mrs. Henri Riviere.

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

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress.

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; studio Jacobean-revival mock staircase; studio Persian rug.

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

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No of poses: 2

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.
References:
Biog: Burke's Peerage, 1898 (see section: Knightage).

Occasion: The Times, 9 June 1898, p 7a.

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Reproduced: (cropped version) Lady's Pictorial, 18 June 1898, p 901.

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