IRWIN, LADY
Neg. No: (GP) LE 9757 (from 119816)
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: NONE

Biog: Younger daughter of 4th Earl of Onslow; m. (1909) Edward Frederick Linley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin (cr 1925) & 1st Earl of Halifax (cr 1944), Viceroy & Gov. Gen. Of India 1926-31.

Date: 1928 copy of neg. dated 19 February 1926.

Occasion: -⁽¹⁾

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

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: Court dress.⁽²⁾

Costume Supplier: The Misses Wilson, 51 Grosvenor Street, London, W.

Jewellery: -

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 1.

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Biog: Burke's Peerage; Earl of Halifax, Fulness of Days, London, 1957; S. Gopal, The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin, London, 1957.

Occasion: -

Costume: The Morning Post, 24 May 1928, p 6a.

Costume Supplier: The Morning Post, 24 May 1928, p 6a.

Jewellery: -

Reproduced: (version) The Morning Post, 24 May 1928, p 6.

1. The sitter wore the same court dress for the court of 23 May 1928 (see The Morning Post, 24 May 1928, p 6a). 2 copies of the original negative of 1926 were made at a later date, possibly 1928, for reproduction in the press.

2. "Wonderful gown of duck's egg blue, entirely embroidered in crystals and shimmering sequins. The train of shot blue and silver lam� gave a lovely finish to an exquisite ensemble" (The Morning Post, 24 May 1928, p 6a).