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HANBURY, MISS
Neg. No: GP (L) 1638
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 07-03-1898

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Sitter: Miss Lily Hanbury (stage name), Mrs Herbert Guedalla née Hanbury (1874-1908).

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Note different pose issued as a postcard:

Private colleciton. Lily Hanbury postcard

Biog: Actress; m (1905) Herbert Guedalla.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Hanbury

https://www.nli.org.il/ The Hebrew Standard,

7 May 1909 "Lily Hanbury"

Role: Calphurnia.

Date: 7 March 1898.

Occasion: "Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare, adapted by Mr B.Tree, at Her Majesty's Theatre, 22 January 1898.

Location: The Lafayette studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: HL.

Costume: Roman dress:

"...clinging gown of pale electric blue, and [not seen] rich drapery of sappire blue, brocaded with upright clusters of gold lilies, ...fastened at each of the four corners with a dull gold acorn..." (see: The Era, 29 January 1898, p 14d). "The folds [of a drapery] are held together in front with a great brooch of gold filagree. The hair, parted down the centre, turned back over the ears in a thick coil, and twisted into a knot at the nape of the neck..." (see: The Queen, 29 January 1898, p 198b).

Costume Designer: Alma Tadema.

Costume Supplier: Messrs L & H Nathan (from the drawings by C. Karl).

Jewellery: A brooch of gold filagree in front; the gold acorns on shoulders.

Furniture & Props: -

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 2 (see also neg no 1638E).

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Copyright: V&A Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Who's Who; The Times, 7 March 1908, p 6d; J.P. Wearing, American and British Theatrical Biography: A Directory, Metuchen, NJ, 1979.

Role: The Era, 29 January 1898, p 15b; The Gentlewoman, 29 January 1898, p 133; The Graphic, 29 January 1898, p 131; Lady's Pictorial, 29 January 1898, p 132b; The Queen, 29 January 1898, p 209a.

Occasion: The Era, 29 january 1898, p 15a-b; The Gentlewoman, 29 January 1898, p 133; The Graphic, 29 January 1898, p 131; Illustrated London News, 29 January 1898, p 149; Lady's Pictorial, 29 January 1898, p 132a-b; The Queen, 29 January 1898, pp 208a-209a; The Sketch, 9 February 1898, pp 90-1 (photo-reportage); Play programme (production file at Theatre Museum).

Costume: The Era, 29 January 1898, p 14d; The Queen, 29 January 1898, p 198b.

Costume Designer: The Era, 29 January 1898, p 14d; Illustrated London News, 29 January 1898, p 149; Lady's Pictorial, 29 January 1898, p 132a; The Queen, 29 January 1898, p 198; Play programme (production file at Theatre Museum).

Costume Supplier: Play programme (production file at Theatre Museum).

Jewellery: The Era, 29 January 1898, p 14d; The Queen, 29 January 1898, p 198b.

Reproduced: -

Note postcard issued by the London Stereoscoptic Company, No. 3185. (source of image: http://shakespeare.emory.edu/postcarddisplay.cfm?cardid=331)

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