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LESSEPS,
COUNT DE
Neg. No: (GP)
6768
Neg.
Size: 15"x12"
Neg.
Date: 26-01-1911
Subject:
The marriage of Compte Jacques de Lesseps to Miss Grace Mackenzie, wedding
portrait.
Sitters:
(Bride-groom)
Comte Jacques de Lesseps (1885-1927); airman - second person
to fly the English Channel; son of Comte Ferdinand de Lesseps
Son of Ferdinand
de Lesseps, promoter of the Suez and Panama canals, the Frenchman Jacques
de Lesseps (1885-1927) is considered one of aviation's pioneers. Second
aviator to cross the English Channel in 1910 and the first, in that
same year, to fly over Montréal and Toronto, a decorated hero for his
efforts during the Great War (1914-1918), the Compte de Lesseps settled
in Gaspé in 1926, from where he directed operations for the Compagnie
aérienne franco-canadienne, then carrying out the first cartography
work in the Gaspé Peninsula based on aerial photographs.
On October 1927,
while flying in inclement weather, de Lesseps and his copilot Chichenko
disappeared off shore near Matane. In December, the pilot's body was
recovered from the water near Newfoundland and interred in Gaspé according
to his wishes.
In 1932, a monument
by sculptor Henri Hébert honouring de Lesseps and his co-pilot was unveiled
during a ceremony presided by Mgr F.-X. Ross, first bishop of Gaspé
[http://www.ville.gaspe.qc.ca/english/members/monument_lesseps.html]
(Bride)
Comtesse de Lesseps, née Grace Mackenzie ( ); daughter of Sir
William Mackenzie, of Toronto; m. (1911) Comte Jacque de Lesseps.
Oct. 25 1910 Grace
MacKenzie of Toronto flies with Count Jacques de Lesseps in his Bleriot
at Belmont Park, New York. [http://www.cbnet.ns.ca/cbnet/educatio/schools/riverview/bell1.html]
Date:
26 January 1911.
Occasion:
The marriage, 25 January 1911, at St. James's Church, Spanish Place.
Location:
Unknown, but set suggests the Claridge's Hotel - place of the reception.
Descr:
FL standing.
Costume:
Wedding dress.(1)
Costume
Designer: -
Costume
Supplier: -
Jewellery:
-
Furniture
& Props: 'Claridge's Hotel' set.
Photographer:
Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London, W.
Evidence
of photographer at work: -
No
of related negatives: 4.
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Count
de Lesseps 1911 |
Countess
de Lesseps (Grace Mackenzie) 1911 |
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Countess
de Lesseps (Grace Mackenzie) 1911 |
Count
and Countess de Lesseps 1911 |
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References:
Biog:
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Occasion:
The Times, 26 January 1911, p 11a.
Costume:
The Times, 26 January 1911, p 11a.
Costume
Designer: -
Costume
Supplier: -
Jewellery:
-
Reproduced:
-
Additional
Information: -
Acknowledgements:
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1.
"...a gown of white chiffon embroidered with pearls, with a
long satin train, and she carried a bouquet of orchids and lilies-of-the-valley"
(see: The Times, 26 January 1911, p 11a).
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