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WESTMINSTER, DUCHESS OF
Neg. No: (GP) (L) 5112
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).

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.

Image published in Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years

 

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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