Sitter: Lillie Langtry (stage
name); Lady De Bathe, née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton (1853-1929). Biog: Actress - Manager; only daughter of Very Rev. W.C. Le Breton, Dean of Jersey; m. 1stly (1874) Edward Langtry (d. 1897), [div. 1897, Lakeport, California]; m. 2ndly (1899) Sir Hugo Gerald De Bathe, 5th Bart. Role: - Date: 3 August 1901. Occasion: - Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London. Descr: FL standing. Costume: - Costume Designer: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Furniture & Props: Painted landscape backdrop, behind paned window studio set; carved wooden chair. Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London. Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 2. Copyright: V&A All
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on using or requesting copies of any images References: Biog: Burke's Peerage; P. Hartnoll (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the Theatre, 4th ed., London, 1983; Lillie Langtry (Lady De Bathe), The Days That I Knew, London, DATE; E. Dudlley, The Gilded Lily, London, 1958. Role: - Occasion: - Costume: - Costume Designer: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Reproduced: (cropped) Lillie Langtry (Lady De Bathe), The Days That I Knew, London, DATE, facing p. 274; The Queen, 20 February 1929, p 26; (drawing based on half-length version) The Sketch 4 May 1904, advertisement section p 12 (signed portrait of Lillie Langtry with endorsement of Edwards' "Harlene" hair preparation.) Acknowledgements: -
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