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CLANCARTY, COUNTESS
Neg. No: 3439 B [CK]
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 13-08-1902

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Sitter: Isabel Maude Penrice, Countess Clancarty (d. 1906), née Bilton. [Stage name: Belle Bilton].

Isabel Maude Penrice, Countess Clancarty (d. 1906), née Bilton. [Stage name: Belle Bilton].

Isabel Maude Penrice, Countess Clancarty (d. 1906), née Bilton. [Stage name: Belle Bilton].

Biog: Musical comedy actress; m. (1889) 5th Earl Clancarty.

Date: 13 August 1902.

Occasion: The Coronation of King Edward VII, 9 August 1902.

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

Descr: FL standing.

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean style studio chair.

Photographer: Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London.

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No of poses: 3.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Complete Peerage; The Daily Telegraph, Jan 1907; The Times, 1st January, 1907, p. 7f; Cranstoun Metcalfe, Peeresses of the Stage, London, 1913; Freda Gaye ed., Who's Who in the Theatre, 14th edition, London, 1967, p. 1593.

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