Neg. No: (SF) L 130085

Neg. Size: 6½" x 8½"

Neg. Date: 16-08-1927

Subject: The marriage of George Marston Haddock to Miss Joan Pauline Bacon, wedding group with best man and two bridesmaids.

Sitters:

(2) (Bridegroom) George Marston Haddock ( ); Principal of the Leeds College of Music; only surviving son of Edgar Haddock, former Principal of the Leeds College of Music.

(3) (Bride) Mrs George Marston Haddock, née Joan Pauline Bacon ( ); 3rd daughter of John Henry Frederick Bacon, M.V.O., A.R.A., of Duke's Avenue, Chiswick.

(4) (Best man) William Clynes ( ).

(Bridesmaids) Misses Winifred and Christine Bacon, sisters of the bride.

(Mother of the bridegroom) Mrs Edgar Haddock, née Hilda Sykes ( ); daughter of Joseph Sykes of Harrogate and Morley; m. (1896) Edgar Augustus Haddock, Principal of the Leeds Collage of Music.

(Mother of the bride) Mrs. John Henry Friderick Bacon ( ); m. (1894) John Henry Frederick Bacon, M.V.O., A.R.A., London domestic and genre painter (incl. Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 1911).

Date: 16 August 1927.

Occasion: The marriage, 16 August 1927, at Brompton Oratory, London, SW.

Location: [probably] Duke's Avenue, Chiswick, London.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: (Bride) "...a dress of white georgette over silver tissue. Her veil was of old Brussels lace, which also formed her train and she carried white roses and lilies-of-the valley"; (Bridesmaids) "With dresses of pale mauve taffeta, veiled with tulle, trimmed with bands of taffeta, they wore crinoline hats of a deeper shade, and carried bouquets of shaded mauve sweet peas (The Morning Post, 17 August 1927, p 5c).

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Furniture & Props: -

Photographer: -

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of related negatives: 4.

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