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Sitter: Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo (Ku Weichün) (1888-1985)
Biog: Chinese diplomat and politician; international statesman; Chinese Minister to Great Britain 1921; Chinese Ambassador in London 1941-1946. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Koo Date: 7 July 1921 Occasion: The State Ball, Buckingham Palace, 7 July 1921. Location: The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W. Descr: TQL standing. Costume: Chinese Diplomatic Uniform: coat/coatee (?) of navy blue cloth, embroidered with corn sheaves in gold with gilt buttons, engraved with the letters RC (Republique Chinoise) in the centre, surrounded by the Chinese motif symbolizing five blessings. (CK/NB QUOTE) Costume Supplier: Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., address, & CK Orders, Decorations & Medals: Star (and sash?) of The Precious Brilliant Golden Grain (Republic of China); Star of The Golden Grain (Republic of China); Star of The Order of George I (Greece). Furniture & Props: -
Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London. Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 2. [see also two poses of wife]
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Occasion: The Times, 8 July 1921, p 14a. Costume: Nigel Arch and Joanna Marschner, Splendour at Court: Dressing for Royal Occasions since 1700, London, 1987, p 92. Costume Supplier: - Orders, Decorations & Medals: R. Werlich, Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1990. Reproduced: -
Acknowledgements: (Orders) David Bownes.
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Biog:
Who's Who; Hugh B. O'Neill, Companion to Chinese History,
Oxford, 1987; ck also Howard L. Boorman ed., Biographical Dictionary
of Republican China, New York 1967-1971.