PLESS, PRINCESS HENRY OF
Neg. No: 2827
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 11-10-1901

Sitter: H.S.H. "Daisy" Princess of Pless née Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West (d.1943).

Image published in Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years

Biog: Daughter of Col. W. Cornwallis-West, of Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire and Newlands Manor, Hants; m. 1891 H.S.H. Hans Heinrich, 15th Prince of Pless; div. 1922.

Date: 11 October 1901.

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

Descr: HL.

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

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No of poses: 8.

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Biog: Burkes' Peerage; Who's Who; The Times, 13 July 1943, p 6e; (Memoirs) Daisy, Princess of Pless, by Herself, London (?); More about Myself and Friends, London 1930; From My Private Diary, London 1931; What I Left Unsaid, London 1936.

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Reproduced: Daisy, Princess of Pless, From My Private Diary, London, 1931, frontespiece; (Versions) The Gentlewoman, 2 August 1902, front page; The Court Circular, 30 August 1902, supplement; Madame, 17 January 1903, p 111; The Lady, 2 July 1903, front page; M. Lafayette, Concerning Many Methods of Artistic Photography, c. 1903; A.C. Fox-Davies, ed., Their Majesties' Court 1906, London, 1907, plate 255.