CONNELL, MRS W.J.R. (MISS E.R. CAME)
Neg. No: (SF) L 137301a
Neg. Size: 6½" x 8½"

Sitters:

(Bride) Mrs William J.R. Connell, née Eileen Isobel Raymond Came ( ); elder daughter of R. Raymond Came, of 8, Weymouth Street, Portland Place, London W1; m. (1928) William J.R. Connell.

(Bridegroom) William J.R. Connell ( ); son of Allan Connell.

(Best man) Arthur Jeffress.

(Bridesmaids) Miss Valerie Raymond Came (sister of the bride); Miss June Kelland; Miss Muriel Philipsbourne; Miss Betty Sanday; Miss Gwynne Moore; Miss Edith Clark Neill.

(Train bearers) Master Michael Griffith-Jones and Miss Patricia Bywater.

Date: 3 October 1928.

Occasion: The marriage, 3 October 1928, at the Church of St. Martin-in-the Field.

Location: -

Descr: FL.

Costume:

(Bride) Wedding dress; "...mediaeval gown of ivory ring velvet, the only trimming being a pearl ornament at the waist. Her beautiful antique lace train was mounted on lettuce-green chiffon, and over it fell her veil of similar dentelle, arranged to form a pointed coronet. She carried a sheaf of Harrisii lilies" (The Morning Post, 4 October 1928, p 9d).

(Bridesmais) Bridesmaids' gowns;"...picture dresses of lettuce-green ring velvet, the fitting bodices prettily ganged in front; ...poke bonnets of green, lined with almond-blossom-pink silk and trimmed with long ribbon streamers in the same shade. Pinned to one shoulder was a spray of pale-pink roses, and they carried large green ostrich-feather fans" (The Morning Post, 4 October 1928, p 9d).

(Train bearers) Wedding outfit: "...a shirt of almond-blossom-pink chiffon, and a long trousers of lettuce-green ring velvet" (The Morning Post, 4 October 1928, p 9d).

Costume Supplier: -

Furniture & Props: -

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of related negatives: 3.

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Biog: The Morning Post, 4 October 1928, p 9d [account on the wedding].

Occasion: The Morning Post, 4 October 1928, pp 7 (photograph) & 9d (text); Eve, 17 October 1928, p 154.

Costumes: The Morning Post, 4 October 1928, p 9d.

Costume Supplier: -

Reproduced: (version) Eve, 17 October 1928, p 154.