PEEL, MR. OWEN
Neg. No: (GP) [00065]
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: NONE

Subject: Mr. and Mrs. Owen Peel, wedding portrait.

Sitters:

(Bride-groom) Owen Peel ( ); M.C., 5th Dragoon Guards; only son of Major Peel, of Bryn-y-Pys, Ellesmere, Salop.

(Bride) Mrs. Owen Peel, n�e Violet Margaret Florence Buchanan-Jardine ( ); only daughter of Sir Robert Buchanan-Jardine; m. (1919) Owen Peel.

Date: c. 18 November 1919.

Occasion: The marriage, 18 November 1919, at St. James's, Piccadilly.

Location: [Probably] 24, St. James's Place, London, W. - place of the reception.

Descr: FL.

Costume: Wedding dress:

"...a gown of soft ivory satin charmeuse, with fine Brussels lace draped from the right shoulder, and a silver girdle. The same Brussels lace (the gift of Mrs. Peel) ornamented the long train of cloth of silver, and was caught with bunches of myrtle and orange blossom, while a wreath of similar blossoms held in place the lace veil (which had previously been worn by the bride's grandmother)" (see: The Times, 19 November 1919, p 15c).

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No of poses: 1.

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Occasion: The Times, 19 November 1919, p 15c; The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 1919, p 13e; The Court Journal, 21 November 1919, p 577; Lady's Pictorial, 29 November 1919, p 691 [text + 2 wedding portraits by Langfier Ltd. and Central News].

Costume: The Times, 19 November 1919, p 15c;The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 1919, p 13e; The Court Journal, 21 November 1919, p 577; Lady's Pictorial, 29 November 1919, p 691.

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