GWATKIN, MRS. F.A.

Neg. No: (GP) L 6415

Neg. Size: 12"x10"

Neg. Date: 04-05-1921

Sitter: Mrs. Frank Trelawny Arthur Ashton-Gwatkin, née Nancy Violet Butler (d. 1953).

Biog: of Melbourne, Australia; m. (1915) Frank Trelawny Arthur Ashton-Gwatkin, C.B., C.M.G., Civil Servant (Foreign Office).

Date: 4 May 1921.

Occasion: [Probably] Publicity photograph to mark husband's attachement to suite of Crown Prince of Japan, on his visit to England, 1921.⁽¹⁾

Location: Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: TQL seated.

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Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: Face and neck very much retouched. The cropped images below show the difference between the sitter in neg no 6411 (retouched) and no 6415 (unretouched).

No of poses: 3.

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Occasion: The Queen, 9 July 1921, front page.

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Reproduced: (version) The Queen, 9 July 1921, front page.

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1. The Queen, 9 July 1921, front page, caption: "...wife of our Foreign Office expert on Japanese Affairs, who was recently in attendance on the Crown Prince. She will be presented at the Garden Party Court this year by Lady Curzon of Kedleston".