Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1897
Viscount Castlereagh as the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
On 2 July 1897 the Duchess of Devonshire (1832-1911) held a ball for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria. Two hundred of the guests were photographed in the grounds of Devonshire House, a huge mansion located off Piccadilly by the photographer, James Lauder of Lafayette Co, and his assistants. They set up a tent in the gardens and brought a variety of backdrops and props from the studio.
The theme of the party was court life and guests had been instructed to dress around this theme either mythological or temporal. Some guests dressed around subjects in paintings. The photographs were published in 1899.
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest Stewart, 7th Marquess of London derry ( 1878-1949) was elected a Conservative MP in 1906 and became Minister of State for Air. He dressed up as Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1830-1916).
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 60.155/38
- Object name:
- Viscount Castlereagh as the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
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- Artist/Maker:
- Lafayette, Walker and Boutall, Hughes, A.
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- Production date:
- 1897
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 330 mm, W 241 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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