Countess of Clancarty, née Mary Gwatkin Ellis by Lafayette 1911

Neg. Size: 15"X12"
Neg. Date: 24-05-1911

Sitter: Countess of Clancarty, née Mary Gwatkin Ellis (d.1974).

Countess of Clancarty, née Mary Gwatkin Ellis (d.1974).

Biog: Daughter of W.F. Rosslewyn Ellis, Bar.-at-Law, of Fulford, Yorkshire; m. (1908), as his 2nd wife, William Frederick Le-Poer-Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty (1868-1929).

Date: 24 May 1911.

Occasion: The Court, 24 May 1911: presented, on her marriage, by her mother-in-law, the Dowager Countess of Clancarty.

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

Descr: FL standing.

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean style armchair; Louis XV style giltwood footstool.

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

Evidence of photographer at work: Lamp stand visible on the right.

No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Biog: Burke's Peerage; Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, 1985 ed.

Occasion: The Times, 26 May 1911, p 7e.

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