GRIFFITHS, HON. MRS
Neg. No: (GP) 5504
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 01-11-1907

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Subject: Mr and Mrs Lionel Owen Randolph Ashley, wedding portrait.

Sitters:

(Bridegroom) Lionel Owen Randolph Ashley ( ), JP; only son of Major George Randolph Ashley.

(Bride) Mrs Lionel Owen Randolph Ashley, née Marjorie Ruthven Bodvel Griffiths ( ); daughter of Rev. Charles Bodval Griffits, Rector of Bishopstone, Hereford and Hon. Mrs Charles Bodval Griffiths; m. (1907) Lionel Owen Randolph Ashley.

Date: 1 November 1907.

Occasion: The marriage, 30 October 1907, in the Church of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge.

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Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Wedding dress:

"...white satin dress, trimmed with old Brussels appliqué lace, and draped with a lovely old Brussels lace veil (lent by her aunt, Lady Ruthven). her tulle veil fell from a tiara of orange blossoms and myrtle, and she carried a sheaf of Harrissii lilies in foliage" (Lady's Pictorial, 9 November 1907, p 784 a-b).

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No of related negatives: 2.

Mrs Lionel Owen Randolph Ashley, née Marjorie Ruthven Bodvel Griffiths ( ).

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Kelly's, eds. 1922, 1929 & 1936.

Occasion: Lady's Pictorial, 9 November 1907, p 784 a-b.

Costume: Lady's Pictorial, 9 November 1907, p 784 a-b.

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