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GEORGE V, KING
Neg No: GP (D)(00412)
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: None

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Sitter: King George V (1865-1936), when Duke of York.

King George V (1865-1936).

00410.jpg (16542 bytes)

Biog: Reigned 1910-1936.

Date: August/September 1897.

Occasion: chk

Location: chk

Descr: TQL standing.

Costume: Uniform of a British naval captain.

Orders: chk

Furniture and Props: Painted backdrop.

These two images show how Lafayette's photographs appeared in different formats.
georgev_linedrawing.jpg (20396 bytes)
A mass-produced postcard published 13 years after the photograph was made.
Line drawing from A History of the British Nation, A.D. Innes, London, 1912, p 960

Registered Photographer: James Stack Lauder (1853-1923), trading as 'J. Lafayette'.

No of poses: 1 [but see also (D)(00409)]

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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, London, 1977, p. 309.

Occasion: The Irish Times, 20 August 1897, p 5j & 21 August 1897, p 8d.

Costume: -

Orders, Decorations and Medals: (British Orders) Burke's Peerage; (Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal) Howard N. Cole, Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1887-1977, London, 1977; (King Christian IX Jubilee Medal) CK; (Others) R. Werlich, Orders, Decorations and Medals of All Nations, Washington, 1990.

Photog. and Location: The Irish Times, 24 August 1897 p 11f; Copyright Records, Public Record Office, Kew, COPY 1/432, 6 October 1897. (2 poses registered).

Reproduced: (version) M. Lafayette, Concerning Many Methods of Photography, promotional booklet distributed by Lafayette Ltd., Manchester, c. 1908 (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

Acknowledgements: (Orders etc) David Bownes, David Stanley, Major A.F. Flatow T.D.