Picture No | 10635350 |
Date | 1897 |
Description | King George V and Queen Mary at Devonshire House Ball |
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A photograph taken at Devonshire House Historical Costume Ball held during the Diamond Jubilee festivities of 1897, of King George V (then Duke of York), dressed as George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland (distinguished Naval commander in the reign of Elizabeth I and one of her favourites) and Queen Mary (then Duchess of York) in the costume of a lady of the Court of Marguerite of Valois, wife of Henry of Navarre (1572), the hero of Ivry (1590).
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Source | Photograph by Lafayette in 'The Sphere', 20 March 1901, page 355 and also in 'The Tatler', 1 May 1935 and also in Supplement to 'The Illustrated London News', 25 January 1936 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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