Marquesa de Torre Hermosa, née May Mildred Hill Bignold, later Mrs Herbert Maddick by Lafayette 1902

Torre Hermosa, The Marquesa de
Neg. No: 2642
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 04-06-1902

Sitter: Marquesa de Torre Hermosa, née May Mildred Hill Bignold, later Mrs Herbert Maddick

Biog: daughter of Arthur Bignold MP of Loch Rosque Lodge near Achnasheen; m(1899) Don Alberto (Cologan y Cologan), the Marqués de Torre Hermosa⁽¹⁾ (Canary Islands) (1862- ) [?]; divorced 1902; married Mr Herbert Maddick 1903

Date: 4 June 1902

Image published in Cool, published by The Fan Museum, Greenwich

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Location: The Lafayette studio, 30 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.

Descr: FL standing

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Photographer:'J. Lafayette', 30 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.

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No of poses: 2.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Biog: The Marquis of Ruvigny, The Titled Nobility of Europe, London 1914, p 1454; The Times, Tuesday, Feb 04, 1902; pg. 13; Issue 36682; col A [details of her maiden name and father]; The Times, Tuesday, Apr 07, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37048; col B [remarriage]

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1. A book was published (in Spanish) by the Marques in 1899.