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KEITH FRASER, MISS
Neg. No: GP (L) 1359
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 03-07-1897

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Sitter: Miss Helena Violet Alice Keith Fraser, later Countess of Stradbroke (d. 1949).

Miss Helena Violet Alice Keith Fraser, later Countess of Stradbroke (d. 1949).

Miss Helena Violet Alice Keith Fraser, later Countess of Stradbroke (d. 1949).

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Biog: D.B.E. cr. 1927; only daughter of Lt.-Gen. James Keith Fraser; m (1898) 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, Governor of Victoria.

Role: Delilah/an African Queen.

Date: 2nd July 1897.

Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897.

Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W.

Descr: FL seated

Costume: "...a beautifully embroidered robe of mauve crepe de Chine embroidered in Oriental colours, a gold sash encrusted with jewels, and scarlet drapery falling from the shoulders at the back; her headdress was of silver, with wings at the side." (The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 73c).

Costume Supplier: Mrs Mason, 4 New Burlington Street, London W.

Jewellery: -(1)

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop with 'baronial fireplace';

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

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 2 [see also neg no 1358].

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage (see Fraser, Bt. & Stradbroke); A. Winton Thorpe, ed., Handbook to The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (facsimile edition), London, 1988.

Role: (African Queen) The Court Circular, 10 July 1897, p 625a; The Court Journal, 10 July 1897, p 1247c; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 56b; The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 73c; The Sketch, 14 July 1897, p 488; (Delilah) Vanity Fair, 8 July 1897, p 27a; Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 125, (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984; (listed as part of Oriental Procession) The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, p 7e; The Times, 3 July 1897, p 12a.

Costume: The Court Circular, 10 July 1897, p 625a; The Court Journal, 10 July 1897, p 1247c; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 56b; The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 73c.

Costume Supplier: Vanity Fair, 8 July 1897, p 18b.

Jewellery: -

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

Reproduced: (Version) The Sketch, 14 July 1897, p 488; (Version) Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 125, (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

1. "Real jewellery borrowed from her aunt" (Vanity Fair, 8 July 1897, p 27a.)