6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943) & Duchess of Portland (1863-1954)

PORTLAND, DUKE & DUCHESS OF
Neg. No: GP (L) 1421 A
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 03-07-1897

Sitters:

	William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943); Landowner, Conservative peer, sportsman and author.
	Winnifred Anna, Duchess of Portland (1863-1954) née Dallas-Yorke; daughter of Thomas Yorke Dallas-Yorke of Walmsgate Hall, Lincolnshire; m (1889) 6th Duke of Portland; Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra 1913-1925; philanthropist; Vice-President of the R.S.P.C.A; D.B.E. cr. 1937.

1421a.jpg (24711 bytes) Role: (Duke) Emmanuel Filiberto, Duke of Savoy [1631-1709] (copied from family portrait of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham [1592-1628], after Gerard Honthorst (1628), National Portrait Gallery, cat no 711.⁽¹⁾

(Duchess) Ange Catherine d'Este, Duchess of Savoy (also referred to as "the head of the Venetian procession").

Date: 3 July 1897.

Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897.

Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume:

(Duke) "...costume carried out in black velvet and white satin with silver embroideries." (Pall Mall Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 7b).

(Duchess) "...white satin, veiled with lisse wrought with silver, and wearing a silver cloth mantle embroidered with pearls and diamonds. She wore fair curls at either side of the face and a splendid arrangement of diamonds and emeralds on her hair, while her high collar was of silver lace." (The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f).

Costume Supplier: (Duke) Simmons & Sons, 35 Haymarket, London, W.

Jewellery: (Duchess) [probably] pearl necklace with pendant pearl owned by Queen Mary II (gift of King William III to 1st Duke of Portland) and other items.

Furniture & Props: Backdrop, painted to suggest the garden statuary at Devonshire House; studio Persian rug.

Registered Photographer: James Stack Lauder, trading as 'J. Lafayette', 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: (Duke) Burke's Peerage; The Complete Peerage; The Times, 13 May 1943, p 7 (appreciation); (see also Brian Masters, The Dukes, London, 1980. (Duchess) Burke's Landed Gentry; Burke's Peerage; The Times, 31 July 1954, p 8d.

Role: (Duke as Emmanuel Filiberto) The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, p 7e; The Standard, 3 July 1897, p 4b; Lady's Pictorial, 10 July 1897, p 53b; The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 76a; St. James's Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 9a; The Times, 3 July 1897, p 12a; (as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham) The Daily Graphic, 3 July 1897, p 13b; The Daily News, 3 July 1897, p 5f; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 50. (Duchess) The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, pp 9f & 10b; St. James's Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 9a; The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, p 7d & 7e; The Standard, 3 July 1897, p 4b; The Times, 3 July 1897, p 12a; The Lady, 8 July 1897, p 46a; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 48c; Lady's Pictorial, 10 July 1897, p 53b; The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 76a; Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 190 (National Portrait Gallery Archives).

Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984; Duke of Portland, Men, Women and Things, London, 1937.

Costume: (Duke) The Daily News, 3 July 1897, p 5f; The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 10c; Pall Mall Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 7b; Lady's Pictorial, 10 July 1897, p 53b; (Duke's costume source) Pall Mall Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 7b; St. James's Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 9a; The Court Journal, 10 July 1897, p 1247c. (Duchess) The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, pp 7d & 7g; Pall Mall Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 7b; The Standard, 3 July 1897, p 4b; The Times, 3 July 1897, 12c; The Westminster Gazette, 3 July 1897, p 5a; The Lady, 8 July 1897, p 46a; Vanity Fair, 8 July 1897, p 27a; The Court Circular, 10 July 1897, p 624b; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 48c; Lady's Pictorial, 10 July 1897, p 53b; The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 76a.

Costume Supplier: (Duke) The Daily Graphic, 3 July 1897, p 13b; Vanity Fair, 8 July 1897, p 18b.

Jewellery: (Duchess) Diana Scarisbrick, Ancestral Jewels, London, 1989, p 45.

Photographer: Copyright records, Public Record Office, Kew: COPY 1/431, 9 August 1897, (1 pose registered).

Photography: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; Black & White, 10 July 1897, p 38b.

1. As the Duke's costume was copied from a portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), some newspaper reports identified him as such.