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WESTMINSTER, DUCHESS OF
Neg. No: (GP) (L) 5109
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: NONE

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Sitter: Constance Edwina, Duchess of Westminster, later Mrs. James FitzPatrick Lewes, née Cornwallis West (d. 1970).

Constance Edwina, Duchess of Westminster, later Mrs. James FitzPatrick Lewes, née Cornwallis West (d. 1970)., by Lafayette.  Undated. copyright V&A

Biog: Younger dau. of Colonel W.C. Cornwallis West of Ruthin Castle, County Denbigh; m. 1stly (1901) 2nd Duke of Westminster; m. 2ndly (1920) Captain FitzPatrick Lewes.

Date: c. 1906.

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

Descr: FL standing

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Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.

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No of poses: 4

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Portrait by Lafayette, published in The Queen, 20 November 1897

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

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Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Times, 22 January 1970, p 12g.

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Reproduced: Eve, 4 August 1926, p 220; (Version) The Car, 15 May 1907, front page.

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