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VAGLIANO, MADAM
Neg. No: (GP) [00060]
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 03-03-1899
Sitter: Possibly
Madame Panaghi Vagliano, née Catherine Vegdatopoulo, m (?) Panaghi
Vagliano, Greek shipping magnate
Biog: -
Date: 3 March
1899.
Occasion: The
Court, 3 March 1899: presented by Dowager Countess De La Warr.
Location: The
Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.
Descr: FL standing.
Costume: Court
dress:
"Magnificent Court gown,
arranged with a Princess tunic in very handsome jet; over a rich
white satin underdress, which fell out from under the tunic, and
was finished with innumerable wavy frills of white gauze ribbon
edged with black; the corsage was arranged with a soft fichu of
white tulle, and had a bouquet of lovely pale ivory and black velvet
roses; the exceptionally beautiful train in the richest ivory satin
duchesse was draped with white chiffon and clusters of large pale
ivory and black velvet roses, and was lined with white chiffon;
the train was bordered inside and out in full soft ruches"
(see: The Court Journal, 11 March 1899, p 414b-c).
Costume
Supplier: Miss Agnes Bell, 70 Grosvenor Street, London.
Jewellery:
-
Furniture
& Props: Painted backdrop.
Photographer:
Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.
Evidence
of photographer at work: -
No of poses:
1.
Copyright: V&A
Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.
References:
Biog: Sturdza,
Grandes familles d'Albanie, de Grèce et de Constantinople,
Paris, 1983
Occasion: The
Times, 4 March 1899, p 10b.
Costume: The
Court Journal, 11 March 1899, pp 404a & 414b-c; The Queen,
11 March 1899, pp 413a & 416a.
Costume Supplier:
The Queen, 11 March 1899, p 416a.
Jewellery: -
Reproduced: Madame,
18 March 1899, p 572 [version].
Additional Information:
By the Queen's command the Court changed the mourning for the late Hereditary
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on the 23rd of February, 1899 and went
out of mourning on the 9th of March, 1899 [see: The Queen,
18 February 1899, p 279].
Acknowledgements:
Antoine Gautier
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