CORY, LADY
Neg. No: (GP) 8961
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 23-11-1922

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Sitter: Lady Cory, née Elizabeth Cansh Walker (d.1956).

Biog: C.B.E. (1929); Daughter of Alexander Walker; m. (1910), as his 2nd wife, Sir (James) Herbert Cory, 1st Bt.

Date: 23 November 1922.

Occasion: The Court, 8 June 1922: presented by Dame Margaret Lloyd George.

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress:

"A gown of silver tissue veiled with net beaded with crystal and diamanté net; cloth-of-silver train, lined with chiffon and ornamented at the hem with large black velvet roses" (see: The Times, 9 June 1922, p 11e).

Costume Supplier: Machinka.

Jewellery: -

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Rococo highbacked armchair.

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

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 6.

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Lady Cory, née Elizabeth Cansh Walker (d.1956).

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; The Times, 24 November 1956, p 8c.

Occasion: The Times, 10 June 1922, p 11b; The Court Journal, 16 June 1922, p 302a.

Costume: The Times, 9 June 1922, p 11e; The Court Journal, 16 June 1922, p 305a.

Costume Supplier: The Times, 9 June 1922, p 11e.

Jewellery: -

Reproduced: -