Sitter: King Edward VII (1841-1910). Biog: Reigned 1901-1910. Date: July/August 1903. Occasion: Royal Visit to Ireland 20 July - 2 August 1903. Location: - Descr: TQL standing. Costume: - Orders, decorations & medals: Order of St Patrick, (Sash and Star) [inv. 18 March 1868]; Order of the Bath (Star and Badge); Order of The Star of India; Order of St Michael and St. George; Order of the Indian Empire; Royal Victorian Order; Queen Victoria Jubilee medal 1887 (with 1897 Jubilee bar); Volunteer Officer's decoration; Imperial Service Order; Royal Victorian chain. Furniture & props: Painted backdrop. Registered Photographer: James Stack Lauder (1853-1923), Lafayette Ltd. No of poses: 3 [see also neg. nos. 00424 ck & 00426] Copyright: V&A All
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References: Biog: Dictionary of National Biography; Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd ed., Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol 1, p. 308-309. Costume: - Orders, Decorations & Medals : Burke's Peerage. Photog: Copyright Records, Public Record Office, Kew, COPY 1/465, 19 September 1903. (2 poses registered). Reproduced: Sir Richard Holmes, King Edward VII: His Life and Times, Vol II, London 1911, opp p 538 "In the uniform of Field Marshal of the British Army"; (Version) frontispiece. Acknowledgements: - |
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