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


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Subject: The marriage of William J.R. Connell to Miss Eileen Isobel Raymond Came, wedding group with best man, bridesmaids and train bearers.

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: -

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of related negatives: 3.

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The marriage of William J.R. Connell to Miss Eileen Isobel Raymond Came

The marriage of William J.R. Connell to Miss Eileen Isobel Raymond Came, wedding group with best man, bridesmaids and train bearers.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

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.