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Biog: Senior Managing-Partner of the private banking house of Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co; soldier; courtier & sportsman. Role: Richard Coeur de Lion. Date: 26 November 1897. Occasion: The Devonshire House Ball, 2 July 1897. Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London. Descr: FL standing. Costume: Knight Templar's robes. Costume Supplier: J. Simmons & Son, 35 Haymarket, London W. Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop and floor-cloth. Photographer: Lafayette, 179 New Bond Street, London.Evidence of photographer at work: - No of poses: 3. Copyright: V&A All images on this site are copyright V&A. For further information on using or requesting copies of any images please contact the V&A Picture Library: vaimages@vam.ac.uk including the URL of the relevant page Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989. References:Biog: Burke's Peerage; G.E.C. (G.E. Cokayne) et al, ed., The Complete Peerage, (new edition), Gloucester, 1987; The Times, 4 October 1932, p 19b. Role: The Daily Graphic, 3 July 1897, p 13b; The Morning Post, 3 July 1897, p 5a; The Gentlewoman, 10 July 1897, p 50a; The Queen, 10 July 1897, p 76c. Occasion: Sophia Murphy, The Duchess of Devonshire's Ball, London, 1984. Costume: - Costume Supplier: The Daily Graphic, 3 July 1897, p 13b. Reproduced: Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2 1897: A Collection of Portraits in Costume of Some of the Guests, privately printed, 1899, p 45, (National Portrait Gallery Archives). Acknowledgements:
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