WHITAKER, HON. MRS.
Neg. No: (GP) 5062
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 01-06-1906

Biog: (W. Ingham Whitaker) J.P.; D.L. Co. Southampton. (Hon. Mrs. W.Ingham Whitaker) Youngest daughter of 6th Viscount Melville; m. (1903) William Ingham Whitaker; Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Date: 1 June 1906.

Occasion: The Court, 1 June 1906: Hon. Mrs. W.Ingham Whitaker presented by Countess of Cassillis.

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

Descr: FL.

Costume:

(W. Ingham Whitaker) Velvet Court Dress (New Style);

(Hon. Mrs. W. Ingham Whitaker) Court dress^: "Empire gown of ivory taffeta veiled with softest ivory aerophanes, richly embroidered with silver and chenille roses and lilies, and draped with old point lace. The Train of silver brocade was embossed with satin roses and had flounces of the same old lace. Goodyear bouquet of natural pink roses" (see: The Times, 2 June 1906, p 9c)..

Costume Designer: -

Jewellery: -

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean style armchair.

Evidence of photographer at work: Clamp visible behind a male sitter.

No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Burke's Peerage; Who's Who.

Occasion: The Times, 2 June 1906, p 9b & 4 June 1906, p 11f; A.C. Fox-Davies (ed.), Their Majesties Court, 1906, London, 1907, p 128.

Costume: (W. Ingham Whitaker) Herbert A.P. Trendell (ed.), Dress Worn at His Majesty's Court, London, 1908; (Hon. Mrs. W. Ingham Whitaker) The Times, 2 June 1906, p 9c.

Costume Designer: -

Jewellery: -

Reproduced: (version, Hon. Mrs. W.I. Whitaker only) A.C. Fox-Davies (ed.), Their Majesties Court, 1906, London, 1907, plate 19.