HH Infante Afonso, 2nd Duke of Oporto (1865-1920), Portuguese representative at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee & diplomatic suite. by Lafayette 1897

OPORTO, DUKE OF
Neg. No: GP (L)1293
Neg. Size: 12"x15"
Neg. Date:25.06.1897

Subject: HH Infante Afonso, 2nd Duke of Oporto (1865-1920), Portuguese representative at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee & diplomatic suite.

Sitters: (Left to right)

(3) Col. Hon. Harry Charles Legge (1852-1924) when Major Legge;

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

[Other sitters: Col. Duval Teller; Capt. Moreirá de Sa; Major de Albuquerque; Lieut. Jose de Mello.]

Date: 25 June 1897.

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

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

Descr: FL

Costume: (Legge) Undress uniform as Equerry-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria.

Orders, Decorations and Medals: (Back row, left to right)

(1) Badge of the Order of the Crown of Italy; Star of the Order of Military Merit (Spain); Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1897; Badge of the Order of Villa Vicosa (Portugal); Badge of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy); Badge of the Military Order of Aviz (Portugal); 3 Portuguese Distinguished/Meritorious Service Medals; others unidentified;
(2) Badge of the Order of the Crown of Italy; Portuguese Distinguished/Meritorious Service Medal; Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1897; others unidentified;
(3) (Legge) Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1897; Badge of a Member of The Royal Victorian Order [4th Class] [M.V.O. cr. 1896]; The Egypt Medal 1882-89 with clasp 'Suakin 1885'; Khedive's Egyptian Star 1882-91;
(4) Badge and Star of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy); Star of the Military Order of Christ (Portugal); Star and Sash of the Military Order of St James of the Sword (Portugal); Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1887 with 1897 bar; Star of the Order of Villa Vicosa; unidentified; 2 Portuguese Distinguished/ Meritorious Service Medals;
(5) Badge of the Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal); Badge of the Military Order of Aviz (Portugal); Portuguese Distinguished/ Meritorious Service Medal; Badge of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain); Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal;
(Front row) (Duke of Oporto) Collar and Badge of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal); 2 Portuguese Distinguished/Meritorious Service Medals; others unidentified.

Furniture & Props: Two painted backdrops, one with landscape after Reynolds;^⁽¹⁾ fluted studio column; broken studio balustrade; two backdrops; 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: (Duke of Oporto) 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; (Legge) Burke's Peerage; Who's Who. [For Col. Duval Teller; Capt. Moreirá de Sa; Major de Albuquerque; Lieut. Jose de Mello, see The Times, 25 June 1897, p 9e.]

Occasion: The Times, 25 June 1897, p 9e.

Costume: (Legge) Mrs. S.K. Hopkins, Head of Department of Uniform, Badges and Medals, The National Army Museum, London.

Orders, Decorations and Medals: (The Royal Victorian Order) Burke's Peerage; (Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal) Howard N. Cole, Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1887-1977, London, 1977; (Egypt Medal and Khedive's Egyptian Star) E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, British Battles & Medals, London, 1988; (Portuguese Distinguished/Meritorious Service Medals) Captain H. Taprell Dorling, Ribbons and Medals, London, 1974; (Others) R. Werlich, Orders and Decorations of All Nations, Washington, 1990.

Reproduced: -

Acknowledgements: (Orders etc. Legge) Mrs. S.K. Hopkins, Head of Department of Uniform, Badges and Medals, The National Army Museum, London.

1. Backdrop to right of plate after portrait of Elizabeth Caroline Rivett, Mrs. Carnac, by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1775-1778 (The Wallace Collection), ref: J. Ingamells, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1985.