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BEDFORD, LADY
Neg. No: (SF) L 122457
Neg. Size: 8½ x 6½
Neg. Date: 08-07-1926
 

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Lady Bedford ( ).

Sitter: Lady Bedford ( ).

Biog: -

Date: 8 July 1926.

Occasion: The Court, 8 July 1926: presented Mrs. Guy Gordon-Brown.

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress: "A gown of satin, embroidered with fine cut jet. A train of old gold embroidery over black chiffon, draped from both shoulders and held together with long bretelles, weighted with jet and fold fringe" (see: The Times, 9 July 1926, p 9e).

Costume Supplier: Buckmaster, Sloane Street.

Jewellery: -

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: retouched clamp visible behind the sitter.

No of poses: 4.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: -

Occasion: The Times, 10 July 1926, p 9d.

Costume: The Times, 9 July 1926, p 9e.

Costume Supplier: The Times, 9 July 1926, p 9e.

Jewellery: -

Reproduced: -

Additional Information: -

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