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WATERLOW, SIR WILLIAM
Neg. No: (GP) L 9116
Neg. Size: 12"x10"
Neg. Date: 10-06-1926

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Sitter: Sir William Alfred Waterlow, 1st Bt. (1871-1931).

Biog: Bt. (cr. 1930); Managing Director, Waterlow Bros. & Layton Ltd., printers & stationers; Lord Mayor of London, 1929-30.

Date: 10 June 1926.

Occasion: Summoned to the Court, 10 June 1926, where his wife, Lady Waterlow presented Miss Mary Collins.

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Velvet Court Dress (Old Style).

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Star and badge of a Knight Commander of the Order of The British Empire [K.B.E cr. 1 January 1919].

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; a chair.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 4.

Copyright: V&A Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; The Times, 7 July 1931, p 16d.

Occasion: The Times, 11 June 1926, p 19b & 12 June 1926, p 16d.

Costume: Herbert A.P. Trendell (ed.), Dress and Insignia Worn at His Majesty's Court, London, 1921.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: A. Winton Thorpe, ed., Handbook to The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (facsimile edition), London, 1988.

Reproduced: -