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WILLIS,
MRS.
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No: (SF) L 10378
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Size: 12"x10"
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Date: 08-06-1928
Sitter:
Mrs. John North Willys ( ).
Biog:
Wife of John North Willys, American motor-car magnate.
Date:
8 June 1928.
Occasion:
The Court, 12 June 1928: presented by Mrs. Houghton, wife of the
American Ambassador.
Location:
The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.
Descr:
FL standing.
Costume:
Court dress.(1)
Costume
Designer: -
Costume
Supplier: -
Jewellery:
Diamond tiara; diamond earings; pearls.
Furniture
& Props: Painted backdrop.
Photographer:
Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.
Evidence
of photographer at work: -
No
of poses: 2.
Copyright:
V&A Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired
1989.
References:
Biog:
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Occasion:
The Times, 14 June 1928, p 11d.
Costume:
The Times, 13 June 1928, p 11c; The Sketch, 20
June 1928, p 616b.
Costume
Designer: -
Costume
Supplier: -
Jewellery:
The Times, 13 June 1928, p 11c; The Sketch, 20
June 1928, p 616b.
Reproduced:
(cropped) The Morning Post, 14 June 1928, p 7; (version)
The Sketch, 20 June 1928, p 616.
Additional
Information: -
Acknowledgements:
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1.
"A gown of fine white net, embroidered with diamanté and
crystals, over palest flesh colour. A train of silver lamé, embroidered
with diamanté, and lined with palest pink satin. A pale pink feather
fan" (see: The Times, 13 June 1928, p 11c).
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