DALKEITH, COUNTESS OF
Neg. No: GP (L) 1389A
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 03-07-1897

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 Sitter: Margaret Alice, Countess of Dalkeith, later Duchess of Buccleuch (d 1954), née Bridgeman.

Biog: 2nd daughter of 4th Earl of Bradford; m (1893) 7th Duke of Buccleuch.

Role: Helen, Countess of Dalkeith.

Date: 3 July 1897.

Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897.

Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: -

Accessories: Painted backdrop with landscape after Reynolds;(1) studio Persian rug; studio column base. 

Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Evidence of studio at work: -

No of poses: 2 (See also neg no 1389).

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios acquired 1989.

 

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Times, 9 August 1954, p 8e.

Role: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 236, (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

Occasion: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9g; The Times, 3 July 1897, p 12d; Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984.

Costume: -

Accessories: -

Photographer: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; Black & White, 10 July 1897, p 38b.

Reproduced: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 236 (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

  Acknowlegements: -

 

1. Backdrop after portrait of Elizabeth Catharine Rivett, Mrs. Carnac, by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1775 (The Wallace Collection), see J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Pictures, Vol.I, London, 1985.