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Sitters: (left to right) John George Stewart-Murray, Marquis of Tullibardine, later 8th Duke of Atholl (1871-1942); eldest surviving son of 7th Duke of Atholl; Captain and Brevet-Major Royal Horse Guards; Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland; Lord Chamberlain of the Household; Chief of the Glasgow Celtic Society. Lord George Stewart-Murray (1873-1914); 2nd surviving son of 7th Duke of Atholl; Major 1st Bn. Black Watch, killed in action 14 September 1914. |
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Role: Highland Gentlemen A.D. 1745.(1) Date: 3 July 1897. Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897. Location: Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, W. Descr: FL standing. Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Furniture & Props: Backdrop, painted to suggest the garden statuary at Devonshire House; studio balustrade; studio Persian rug.
Photographer: The firm of J. Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London, W. Evidence of photographer at work: Right edge of backdrop visible to the left of the plate; strings of photographer's tent visible on left in front of the backdrop. No of related negatives: 2 [see also neg no 1431]. Copyright: V&A All
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References: Biog: (8th Duke of Atholl) Burke's Peerage; The Complete Peerage; Who's Who; The Queen, 2 February 1895, p 194; The Times, 17 March 1942, p 6. (See also Duchess of Atholl, Working Partnership, London CK, 1958; Brian Masters, The Dukes, London, 1980; (Lord George Stewart-Murray) Burke's Peerage. Role: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 268, (National Portrait Gallery Archives). Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984; (sitters danced in the Louis XV and Louis XVI period quadrilles) The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, p 7f. Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Photography: The Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1897, p 9f; Black & White, 10 July 1897, p 38b. Reproduced: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 268. (National Portrait Gallery Archives).
1. For the role played by the sitters' 18th century counterparts (William, Marquis of Tullibardine (1689-1746) and his younger brother, Lord George Murray (1694-1760), Lieutenant-General to Prince Charles Edward) in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, see Dictionary of National Biography |
