HAUGWITZ, BSS VON
Neg. No: GP (L) 1651
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 11-03-1898

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Sitter:

Baroness von Haugwitz, formerly Lady Inglefield, née Beatrice Maud Mariana Hodnett, daughter of Capt. William Patrick Hodnett, m. (1895) Baron Edmund Richard Karl Heinrich von Haugwitz (1834-1914).

Date: 11 March 1898.

Occasion: The Court, 11 March 1898: presented, on her marriage, by the Dowager Countess De la Warr.

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

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress:

"Corsage and jupe of white glacé, emroidered in jet paillettes, with deep trained flounce edged top and bottom with net ruche. Train of black duchesse covered with lovely flounce of exquisite point de Venise fastened to the corsage with swathe made entirely of jet paillettes, corner of train turned back and held in position by two more of these ornaments" (see: Lady's Pictorial, 19 March 1898, p 376a).

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; painted column; studio Persian rug.

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

Evidence of photographer at work: 2nd, Rococo-style painted, bacdrop visible behind column.

No of poses: 2 (see also neg no 1651B).

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: -

Occasion: The Times, 12 March 1898, p 10b.

Costume: Lady's Pictorial, 19 March 1898, pp 376 & 377 (line drawing).

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Jewellery: -

Reproduced: The Ladies’ Field, 26 March 1898; (line drawing of the costume) Lady’s Pictorial, 19 March 1898.

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