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Sitter: Adolf Meyer-Watson, later Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1949).(1)
Biog: Portrait and fashion photographer. Role: After a "picture". Date: 2 July 1897. Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897. Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W. Descr: FL standing. Costume: "...grey satin tunic elaborately embroidered in steel, with slash showing a white silk underdress; ruby velvet trunks trimmed to correspond; black satin cloak; large hat with feathers." (The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 50b).(2) Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Furniture & Props: Backdrop, painted to suggest the garden statuary at Devonshire House; studio balustrade; studio Persian rug.
Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W. Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 1. Copyright: V&A All images on this site are copyright V&A. For further information on using or requesting copies of any images please contact the V&A Picture Library: vaimages@vam.ac.uk including the URL of the relevant page Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.
References: Biog: Robert Brandau ed, De Meyer, London, 1976; Anne Ehrenkranz, A Singular Elegance: The Photography of Baron Adolf de Meyer, San Francisco, 1994; Who's Who (1905-6). (See also Cecil Beaton and Gail Buckland, The Magic Image, London, 1975.) Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984. Role and Costume: The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 50b & 53 (line drawing)2. Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Photography: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; Black & White, 10 July 1897, p 38b. Reproduced: -
Acknowledgements: -
1. From c 1916, Baron de Meyer dropped the name Adolf and used instead Gayne, a name given to him by an astrologer, (Robert Brandau, op cit, p 40). 2. The sitter erroneously identified as "Major Watson," by The Gentlewoman; listed correctly by The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9g and The Times, 3 July 1897, p 12d. |
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