Sitter: Maud (Frederica Elizabeth), Viscountess Milton, later Countess Fitzwilliam (1877-1967), née Dundas.

MILTON, LADY Neg. No: GP (L) 1391 Neg. Size: 15"x12" Neg. Date: (?)-07-1897 Sitter: Maud (Frederica Elizabeth), Viscountess Milton, later Countess Fitzwilliam (1877-1967), née Dundas.

Biog: O.B.E. [cr. 1920]; 2nd daughter of 1st Marquis of Zetland; m (1896) 7th Earl Fitzwilliam. Role: Madame Le Brun.^⁽¹⁾ Date: July 1897. Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897. Location: - Descr: FL standing.^⁽²⁾ Costume: "...Empire dress of cream satin, finished at the waist with a jewelled belt, and worn with a long coat, made in golden gauze over mauve satin, and fitting in quite closely to the waist at the back. With this she wore a turban-like headdress or hat of gold gauze and cream satin, with long mauve ostrich feathers drooping over the hair at the back." (The Court Circular, 10 July 1897, p 624b). Costume Supplier: Mrs Craig, 19a Brook Street, London W. Jewellery: - Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop with landscape after Reynolds;^⁽³⁾ studio balustrade; studio Persian rug.
Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W. Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 2 fit1391b.html Copyright: V&A All images on this site are copyright V&A. For further information on using or requesting copies of any images please contact the V&A Picture Library: vaimages@vam.ac.uk including the URL of the relevant page Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989. References: Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Times, 16 March 1967, p 16g. (See also Marquess of Zetland, Essayez: The Memoirs of Lawrence, Second Marquess of Zetland, London 1956.) Role: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 71, (National Portrait Gallery Archives). Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984. Costume: Madame, 10 July 1897, p 69a; The Court Circular, 10 July 1897, p 624b; The Court Journal, 10 July 1897, p 1249b. Costume Supplier: The Court Journal, 10 July 1897, p 1249c. Reproduced: (Version) Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 71, (National Portrait Gallery Archives). Acknowledgements: - 1. Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), French painter. 2. Pose after Gerard Honthorst, Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia, 1642, [NPG Catalogue No. 6362] 3. Backdrop after Sir Joshua Reynolds, Elizabeth Catharine Rivett, Mrs Carnac, (c. 1775), Wallace Collection. (See John Ingamells, The Wallace Collection Catalogue, Vol I, London, 1985.)