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Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers


286 Portraits in set

286 sepia photogravure reproductions by Walker & Boutall of photographs of fancy dress portraits of some of the guests at the Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball held on 2 July 1897. Reproductions from photographs by Lafayette (114 plates), Bassano, Alice Hughes, Henry Van der Weyde and others. Subjects include the Royal Family, Dukes and Duchesses of Connaught, Teck, Devonshire, Marlborough, Countess of Warwick, Lord Rosebery, Lady Randolph Churchill, Henry Irving and Arthur James Balfour.

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Kathleen Florence May (née Candy), Duchess of Newcastle as Princess Dashkova, by Esmé Collings, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41254

Kathleen Florence May (née Candy), Duchess of Newcastle as Princess Dashkova

by Esmé Collings, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41254

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire as The Emperor Charles V, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41002

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire as The Emperor Charles V

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41002

Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn as Effingham, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41009

Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn as Effingham

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41009

Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck as The Electress Sophia, mother of George I, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41010

Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck as The Electress Sophia, mother of George I

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41010

Prince Francis, Duke of Teck as Capitaine de la Garde du Roy, XVI Century, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41011

Prince Francis, Duke of Teck as Capitaine de la Garde du Roy, XVI Century

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 26 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41011

Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as Duke Robert of Normandy, A.D. 1060, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41012

Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as Duke Robert of Normandy, A.D. 1060

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41012

Count Omar Hadik as Field Marshal Count Hadik, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41017

Count Omar Hadik as Field Marshal Count Hadik

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41017

Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein as Henri III, King of France, by John Thomson, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41018

Count Albert Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein as Henri III, King of France

by John Thomson, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41018

Chevalier de Souza Corrêa as a Knight Templar, XIV Century, by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41019

Chevalier de Souza Corrêa as a Knight Templar, XIV Century

by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41019

Marie Elizabeth (née Texier), Baroness de Courcel as Night, by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41020

Marie Elizabeth (née Texier), Baroness de Courcel as Night

by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41020

Mademoiselle de Courcel as a Valkyrie, by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41022

Mademoiselle de Courcel as a Valkyrie

by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41022

Mademoiselle Henriette de Courcel as a Valkyrie, by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41023

Mademoiselle Henriette de Courcel as a Valkyrie

by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41023

Madame Baudon de Mony as Princess of Navarre, by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41024

Madame Baudon de Mony as Princess of Navarre

by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41024

Monsieur Baudon de Mony as a musketeer in the time of Louis XIII, by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41025

Monsieur Baudon de Mony as a musketeer in the time of Louis XIII

by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41025

Julia Caroline (née Stonor), Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre) as Elsa from

Julia Caroline (née Stonor), Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre) as Elsa from "Lohengrin"

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41026

N. Boulatzell as Prince of Mingrelia, by W. & D. Downey, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41028

N. Boulatzell as Prince of Mingrelia

by W. & D. Downey, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41028

Lady ('Dona') Ana, Countess of Casa Valencia as Nuit d'Espagne, by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41029

Lady ('Dona') Ana, Countess of Casa Valencia as Nuit d'Espagne

by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41029

Mademoiselle de Alealo Galiano as The Queen of the Fairies, by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41030

Mademoiselle de Alealo Galiano as The Queen of the Fairies

by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41030

Consuelo de Alealo Galiano as Veure de Pierrot, by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41031

Consuelo de Alealo Galiano as Veure de Pierrot

by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41031

Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as the Queen of Naples, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41033

Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as the Queen of Naples

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41033

Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen when Count von Clary-Aldringen as Count Nadasdy, by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41034

Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen when Count von Clary-Aldringen as Count Nadasdy

by Henry Van der Weyde, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41034

Edith Isabella Georgina Fitzwilliam (née Lane-Fox) after a picture by Romney, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41036

Edith Isabella Georgina Fitzwilliam (née Lane-Fox) after a picture by Romney

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 26 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41036

Hon. (William) Reginald Fitzwilliam as Nelson, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41037

Hon. (William) Reginald Fitzwilliam as Nelson

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 7 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41037