Mrs Claud George Cole-Hamilton, née Lucy Charlewood Thorold (d 1941).

HAMILTON, MRS
Neg. No: GP (L) 1386A
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 03-07-1897

Sitter: Mrs Claud George Cole-Hamilton, née Lucy Charlewood Thorold (d 1941).

Biog: Daughter of Reginald Henry Thorold; m (1893) Claud George Cole-Hamilton (great-nephew of 1st Earl of Enniskillen).

Role: Amy Robsart.^⁽¹⁾

Date: 3 July 1897.

Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897.

Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: "...pink brocaded silk, spangled with silver, front studded with pearls; large pointed stand-up collar; trimmed silver pearl girdle; pointed cap of pink, trimmed silver and pearls; long veil of white gauze." (The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 50a).

Costume Supplier: -

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; studio Jacobean-style photographer's chair with detachable crest-rail; studio Persian rug.

Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 2

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References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage;

Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984.

Role and Costume: The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 50a and p 51 (line drawing); Lady's Pictorial, 10 July 1897, p 48 (line drawing); The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 138b.

Costume Supplier: -

Photographer: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; Black & White, 10 July 1897, p 38b.

Reproduced: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 160, (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

Acknowledgements: -

1. Amy Robsart, [Lady Amy Dudley] (1532?-1560); only child of Sir John Robsart, m (1550) Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. (Dictionary of National Biography). See also here

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Operas, 1878, 188?, 1893 3
De Lara's Opera - Amy Robsart 3
Emma Calvé as Amy Robsart 3
Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth 3
De Lara's Amy Robsart 4
De Lara - biography 4
BIBLIOGRAPHY 6

Item: Operas, 1878, 188?, 1893

SOURCE: Stieger, Franz., Opera Lexikon. Tutzing, 1975.

Amy Robsart Op seria Gius Cajani Fojano 29.9.1878, umgearb.

10.1886

Amy Robsart Drama W Ch. Levey 188.

Amy Robsart Op. Isidore di Lara Nach August Covent Garden 20.7.1893

Harris u. Paul

Milliet; ital.

übersetz.⁽¹⁾

Amy Robsart Op. Alfredo Schimma Buenos Aires 1918

Item: De Lara's Opera - Amy Robsart

SOURCE: Covent Garden Handbills, July 18th 1893.

July 18th at 8. De Lara's Opera. Amy Robsart.

Amy Robsart Madame Calvé

Queen Elizabeth Madame Armand

Leicester Mons. Alvarez

Tressillian Mons. Bonnard

Item: Emma Calvé as Amy Robsart

SOURCE: Contrucci, Jean., Emma Calvé, la Diva du Siècle, Paris, 1989 {BM YM 1989 a 451}

{p 163] Pendant douze ans, chaque année, Victoria, fidèlement, renouvellera son invitation-concert à Windsor Castle. Emma y nouva de solides et durable amitiés: la Princesse Beatrice... Lady de Grey...

{Trans. For twelve years, every year, Victoria was faithfully to renew her invitation-concert at Windsor Castle. Emma made some solid and lasting frienships there: Princess Beatrice... Lady de Grey...}

Item: Sir Walter Scott - Kenilworth

SOURCE: Scott, Sir Walter., Kenilworth. A Romance, Edinburgh 1821 {BM 636 e 15}

[p 437] {Sir Walter Scott:} The outlines of this melancholy tale may be found at length in Ashmole's Antiquities of Berkshire, and it is alluded to in many other works of which Leicester's history.

Item: De Lara's Amy Robsart

SOURCE: Lara, Isadore de., Amy Robsart, Opéra en 3 actes et 4 tableaux.

Représenté à Londres, en 1893, à Covent Garden. Direction de Sir Augustus Harris. Et avec la distribution ci dessous à Monte-Carlo, en 1894. Direction de M^r. Raoul Gunsbourt.

Distribution:

Amy Robsart Soprano Mme Sembrich
La Reine Elizabeth Mezzo Soprano Mme Risler
Leicester Ténor Mr. Engel
Varney Baryton Mr. Melchissédec
Lambourne Basse Chantante Mr. Desgoria
Tressilian 2e Ténor Mr. Armand

[Scenes with Amy]

Acte 1 - Le Parc de Cumnor Hall
Scene II - Certes il faut que je délivre
Scene V - Lester! Amy ma bien-aimée
Scene VI - Tu priais, et pour qui?
Scene VII- Je Viens d'entendre... un cri de douleur!

Act II - Les Jardins de Kénilworth
Scene I - Amy... semblable à l'Archange vainqueur
Act III - Une salle dans le château de Kénilworth
Scene I - Amy... Dieu! Lui!
Amy... Souvients-toi
Amy & Leicester... Ange de la miséricorde

Item: De Lara - biography

SOURCE: Algemene Muziekencyclopedie, Antwerp, 1960.

Lara. Isidore de (pseud v. Cohen)

( London 9.8.1858 - Parijs 2.8.1935)

Eng. zanger en componist. Hij studeerde te Milaan compositie bij Mazzucato en zang bij Lamperti. Studeerde nog compositie b Lalo, te Parijs. Hij debuteerde als zanger en liederencomponist, doch wijjde zich weldra geheel an de compositie van opera's. Zijn belangrijkstre werken sijn The light of Asia (Covent Garden 1892), Amy Rosart (Covent Garden 1893), Moïna (Monte Carlo 1897), Messalina... De Lara was een geestelijk disciple van Massenet, doch zijn composities getuigen van gebrek aan diepte en van effectbejag.

{Trans. English singer and composer. He studied composition in Milan with Mazzucato and song with Lamperti. He further studied composition with Lalo in Paris. He made his debut as a singer and composer of Lieder [art song], but he then devoted himself completely to the composition of operas. His most successful works are The Light of Asia (CG 1892), Amy Robsart (CG 1893), Moïna (Monte Carlo 1897), Messalina... De Lara was a fervent disciple of Massenet, but his compositions show a lack of depth and suffer from 'straining after effect' (i.e. contrivance)}

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stieger, Franz., Opera Lexikon. Tutzing, 1975.

Covent Garden Handbills, July 18th 1893.

Scott, Sir Walter., Kenilworth. A Romance, Edinburgh 1821 {BM 636e 15}

Lara, Isadore de., Amy Robsart, Opéra en 3 actes et 4 tableaux.

Algemene Muziekencyclopedie, Antwerp, 1960.

Contrucci, Jean., Emma Calvé, la Diva du Siècle, Paris, 1989 {BM YM 1989 a 451}

1. i.e. in Italian translation

Amy Robsart by Victor Hugo Adaptée donc d'un roman de Walter Scott, Amy Robsart est jouée le 23 février 1828

http://www.ac-strasbourg.fr/pedago/lettres/Victor%20Hugo/