Dr Don Luis Cuervo-Marquez 1925 by Lafayette

CUERVO-MARQUEZ, MONS. [GRP]
Neg. No: 8647
Neg. Size: 10"x12"
Neg. Date: 23-05-1925

Sitters:

(Seated L-R)
Mlle Ines (or Leonor) de Cuervo-Marquez	Madame de Cuervo-Marquez	Mlle Leonor (or Ines) de Cuervo-Marquez

(Standing L-R)
Dr Vicente Cuervo-Marquez	Mlle Emilia de Cuervo-Marquez	Monsieur Dr Don Luis Cuervo-Marquez, Colombian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Great Britain, 1923-1927.	Madame Cuervo de Yepes	Dr Jesus M. Yepes

Date: 23 May 1925.

Occasion: The Court, 21 May 1925: Monsieur & Madame de Cuervo-Marquez, Mlle Emilia de Cuervo-Marquez, Dr Jesus M. Yepes and Mme de Yepes, Dr Vicente Cuervo-Marquez invited to the Court; Mlles Ines and Leonor de Cuervo-Marquez presented by their mother, Madame de Cuervo-Marquez.

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

Descr: FL seated and standing.

Costume: Male court dress x 1; White tie x 2; Female court dress x 5.^⁽¹⁾

Costume Designer: -

Costume Supplier: -

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (Monsieur Dr Don Luis de Cuervo-Marquez) L-R: Badge of The Legion of Honour; Unidentified; Star of The Legion of Honour; (Dr Jesus M. Yepes) Order of Academic Palms.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; column.

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

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: (Monsieur Dr Don Luis de Cuervo-Marquez) Whitaker Almanack, eds. 1924-1929.

Occasion: The Times, 22 May 1925, p 10d-e & 23 May 1925, p 10b.

Costume: (Mme de Cuervo-Marquez, Mlle Emilia, Ines and Leonor de Cuervo-Marquez, Mme Cuervo de Yepes) The Times, 22 May 1925, p 10d-e.

Costume Designer: -

Costume Supplier: -

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (Star & Badge of The Legion of Honour) R. Werlich, Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1990, pp 131-2; (Order of Academic Palms), ibid., p 135.

Reproduced: -

1. (Mme de Cuervo-Marquez) "A silver lam� gown, with train to match"; (Mlle Emilia de Cuervo-Marquez) "A cyclamen pink gown, embroidered in silver"; (Mlles Ines and Leonor de Cuervo-Marquez) "Gowns of white georgette, trimmed with real lace"; (Mme Cuervo de Yepes) "A gown of white satin, embroidered with gold crystal beads, with a train to correspond" (see: The Times, 22 May 1925, p 10d-e).