Sitter: Sir⁽¹⁾ Merton Russell Cotes (1835-1921).

Biog: Art connoisseur and collector; founder of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth; Mayor of Bournemouth, 1894-95.

https://russellcotes.com/collection-piece/sir-merton-russell-cotes-1835-1921/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton_Russell-Cotes

Date: 22 July 1909.

Occasion: Investiture, Buckingham Palace, 22 July 1909: conferral of knighthood.

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

Descr: TQL standing.

Costume: Cloth Court Dress.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Evidence of photographer at work:

No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Who's Who; The Times, 29 January 1921, p 13c; "Reign of George V: Representative Subjects of the King", vol. 1, London, 1913.

Occasion: The Times, 23 July 1909, p 13a.

Costume: Herbert A.P. Trendell, ed, Dress Worn at His Majesty's Court, London, 1908.

Reproduced: -

1. Knight cr. 1909.