WILMOT, MRS. PHILIP
Neg. No: 4779
Neg. Size: 12"x102
Neg. Date: 10-05-1911

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Sitter: Mrs. Philip Wilmot ( ).

Biog: -

Date: 10 May 1911.

Occasion: The Court, 10 May 1911: presented by Mrs. Bruce Porter.

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

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress.1

Costume Designer: -

Costume Supplier: (Bouquet) Messers. Wills and Segar, Royal Exotic Nursery, Onslow Crescent, South Kensington, London.

Jewellery: -

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean style armchair; Louis XV style giltwood footstool.

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

Evidence of photographer at work: Light stand visible on the right; Glass roof [?] partly visible.

No of poses: 2.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: -

Occasion: The Times, 11 May 1911, p 9b & 12 May 1911, p 7f.

Costume: The Morning Post, 11 May 1911, p 7a; The Court Journal, 25 May 1911, p 585b.

Costume Designer: -

Costume Supplier: (Bouquet) The Court Journal, 25 May 1911, p 594b.

Jewellery: -

Reproduced: -

Additional Information: -

Acknowledgements: -

1 "Gown of oyster satin, the bodice and skirt... draped with Honiton lace...; ornaments of pearl and crystal. The train of lace lined with silver tissue..., edged with silver, and... trimmed in one corner with silver tru-lovers' knot" (see: The Morning Post, 11 May 1911, p 7a).