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EDWARD VII, KING
Neg No: GP (00425)
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: None

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King Edward VII (1841-1910).

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]

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

 

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.

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