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PLESS,
PRINCESS HENRY OF
Sitter: H.S.H. "Daisy" Princess of Pless née Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West (d.1943).
Exhibition of Daisy of Pless and her Circle at Castle Pless, Poland, from 12 May 2006
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. Occasion: - NB: A pink toned carbon print, 200 x 145mm, owned byt he National Portrait Gallery, [Purchased from Countess Hochberg of Pless), Acquired July 1998 [sic] is inscribed on reverse "This is me in the days of waists". Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W. Descr: FL standing. Costume: - Costume Designer: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.
Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 8.
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.
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. Occasion: - Costume: - Costume Designer: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Reproduced: The Gentlewoman, 2 August 1902, front page; The Court Circular, 30 August 1902, supplement; Madame, 17 January 1903, p 111; (Versions) 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; Daisy, Princess of Pless, From My Private Diary, London, 1931, frontespiece.
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