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MARY, QUEEN
Neg No: GP 4754
Neg. Size: 12"x10"
Neg. Date: [1897]

 

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

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

Biog: Consort of King George V.

 

Date: copy of an original negative dated August/September 1897.

 

Occasion: -

 

Location: Viceregal Lodge, Dublin.

 

Descr: HL standing.

 

Costume: -

 

Jewellery: -

 

Furniture and Props: -

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

Evidence of the studio at work: Top of sleeve altered by retouching.

 

No of negatives: 4

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Note: Other images from this series were used in a display album at the studio, indicating that copies could be ordered by the public.

 

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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: -

 

Photog: The Irish Times, 24 August, 1897 p 11f; Copyright Records, Public Record Office, Kew, COPY 1/432, 6 October 1897, (3 poses registered).

 

Reproduced: (original) Sarah Tytler, The Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, London, c. 1901, Vol III, opp. p 226; Alison Gernsehim, Fashion and Reality, London 1963, pl. 184; (version) The Lady, 16 September 1897, frontispiece.