Sitters: (Constance) Gladys, Countess de Grey, later Marchioness of Ripon (d. 1917). Image cropped Biog: Society beauty and benefactor of Covent Garden; 3rd daughter of 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, statesman; m. 1stly (1878) 4th Earl of Lonsdale; m. 2ndly (1885) 2nd Marquis of Ripon. Date: 7 November 1902. Occasion: - Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London. Descr: TQL seated with book. Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Furnishings and props: Studio set; Jacobean style studio chair. Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179, New Bond Street, London, Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 2 Copyright: V&A All
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using or requesting copies of any images References: Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Times, 29 October 1917, p 10e & 1 November p 9e; Anita Leslie, Edwardians in Love, London, 1972. Occasion: - Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Reproduced: Madame, 28 May 1904, front page; (versions) The Car Illustrated, 26 November 1902, front page ('photographed specially for The Car by Lafayette'); The Ladies' Field, 6 June 1903, front page; A.C. Fox-Davies, ed., Their Majesties' Court 1906, London, 1907, plate 454. |