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Strathmore, Countess of
Neg No: SF (G) 8275
Neg. Size: 13.75" x 10.75"
Neg. Date: 16-3-1923

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Sitter: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900- ), née Lady Elizabeth (Angela Marguerite) Bowes-Lyon.

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Biog: m. (26 April 1923) King George VI.

Date: 16 March 1923.

Occasion: Engagement visit to Scotland 13-16 March 1923.

Location: Glamis Castle, Co. Angus.

Pose: FL seated.

Costume: -

Jewellery: Double pearl necklace with pendant pearl; Kashmir sapphire and diamond engagement ring; wristwatch.

Furnishings and Props: -

Frances Dimond, Presenting an Image: Photographs from the Royal Photographic Collection Windsor Castle, Windsor, 1994, plate 28 (coloured version)

"This particular picture, which was produced in Lafayette's Glasgow studio, has been enlarged for framing.  It is a hybrid image, which started life as a photograph and has now become almost a painting.  It has been heavily overpainted and augmented; the vase of yellow roses and (apparently) the blue sky and curtains have been added to make the right hand side of the picture more interesting.  Superficially, it seems curious to add yellow roses where white (for the White Rose of York) would seem more appropriate in an engagement portrait; however the former might look too bright and the latter too dark, while the addition of yellow and green, to complete the spectrum, results in a colour scheme which is particularly well balanced...."

 

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Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 11-21 Gordon Street, Glasgow.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

No of poses: 1 (but see also: str8273.html)

References:

Biog: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd ed, Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol 1, London, 1977, p 312.

Jewellery: The Illustrated London News, 27 January 1923, p 119.

Reproduced: (versions) The Scots Pictorial, 28 March 1923 p 397; The Gentlewoman, 14 April 1923, fr.; Cynthia Asquith, The Duchess of York, London 1927-8; Frances Dimond, Presenting an Image: Photographs from the Royal Photographic Collection Windsor Castle, Windsor, 1994, plate 28 (hand-coloured version)

Additional Information: Framed coloured print, 2'5" x 1'8" (approx): Royal Photographic Collection, Windsor.