OPORTO, DUKE OF
Neg. No: GP (L) 1291
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 25-06-1897

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Sitters: HH Infante Afonso, 2nd Duke of Oporto (1865-1920).

Biog: 2nd son of King Luis I of Portugal; Governor of Portuguese India 1895.

Date: 25 June 1897.

Occasion: The Diamond Jubilee and receipt of Queen Victoria's Jubilee Medal.

Location: The Lafayette studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: FL

Costume: -

Orders, Decorations and Medals: Collar and Badge of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal); 2 Portuguese Distinguished/Meritorious Service Medals; others unidentified.

Furniture & Props: Fluted studio column; studio balustrade; studio Persian rug.

Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of related negatives: 3

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Hugh Montgomery Massingberd ed., Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol 1, London, 1977, p 449a; The Marquis of Ruvigny, The Titled Nobility of Europe, London, 1914, pp 120 & 1100.

Occasion: -

Costume: -

Orders, Decorations, Medals: (Order of the Tower and Sword) R. Werlich, Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1990; (Portuguese Distinguished/Meritorious Service Medals); Captain H Taprell Dorling, Ribbons and Medals, London, 1974.

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