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MARY, QUEEN
Neg No: GP (D)(00415)
Neg Size: 15"x12"
Neg Date: None
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Sitter: Queen Mary (1867-1953) when Princess Victoria Mary of Teck.

Queen Mary (1867-1953) when Duchess of York.

Biog: Consort of King George V.

Date: c 24 June 1893.

Occasion: Sitting prior to wedding, 6 July 1893.

Location: -

Descr: TQL standing.

Costume: -

Jewellery: Diamond rivière necklace (gift from King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in memory of the Duke of Clarence, 27 February 1892); other items.

Furnishings and Props: Painted backdrop.

Photographer: James Stack Lauder (1853-1923), trading as 'J Lafayette', 30 Westmoreland St., Dublin.

No of poses: 2 (see also neg no (D)00442).
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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Dictionary of National Biography; Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd ed., Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol 1, pp 185 & 309.

Occasion: -

Costume: -

Jewellery: Leslie Field, The Queen's Jewels, London, 1987, p 30-31.

Photog: Copyright Records, Public Record Office, Kew, COPY 1/412, 24 June 1893, (8 poses registered).

Reproduced: (version) The Lady, 7 July 1897, p 3.