SMILEY, LADY
Neg. No: 6861A
Neg. Size: 15"X12"
Neg. Date: 24-05-1911

Sitter: Lady Valerie Smiley, née Champion de Crespigny (d.1978).

Biog: Youngest daughter of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 4th Bt.; m. (1903) Sir John Smiley, 2nd Bt. (1876-1930).

Date: 24 May 1911.

Occasion: The Court, 24 May 1911: presented by the Marchioness of Donegall.

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

Descr: FL standing.

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Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean style armchair; Louis XV style giltwood footstool.

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No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Burke's Peerage.

Occasion: The Times, 26 May 1911, p 7f.

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