Souvenir of the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball: photogravures by various photographers, published 1912
29 Portraits in set
Vellum-bound souvenir album of the fancy dress ball held at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 20 June 1911. The ball was organised by a committee chaired by Mrs George Cornwallis-West (Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill) as part of a movement to endow and found a National Theatre commemorating Shakespeare's achievements and the tercentenary of his death on 23 April 1916. With about 4000 guests dressed in Elizabethan costume or as characters from Shakespeare's plays, the ball raised £10,000 towards the Shakespeare Memorial Fund. The souvenir album went on sale for five guineas per copy.
Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset as The Lord Protector
by Squire, after Byrne & Co, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 1897, published 1912
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Grace (née Blackburn), Countess of Wemyss as Katherine of Aragon
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Violet Florence Mabel Mond (née Goetze), Lady Melchett as the Queen in 'Richard II'
by Collings, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Lady Paget as a Court Lady in 'Henry VI'
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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'The Duchess of Wellington's Quadrille Party (A Midsummer Night's Dream)'
by Mendelssohn Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Alice (née Blight), Lady Lowther as a Court Lady in 'Henry VI'
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Leonie Blanche (née Jerome), Lady Leslie as a Court Lady in 'Twelfth Night'
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Eliza Caroline Burke (née Roche), Countess Friedrich of Hochberg; Sir (Smith) Hill Child, 2nd Bt
by Langfier Ltd, or by Topical Press, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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by Langfier Ltd, or by Topical Press, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Sir Abe Bailey, 1st Bt and family
by Langfier Ltd, or by Topical Press, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Eva Hermione (née Mackintosh), Lady Baring; Frederick Colin Maitland, 14th Earl of Lauderdale
by Langfier Ltd, or by Topical Press, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart as Salario in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Robert Faulkner & Co, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Pole-Carew (née Butler) as Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'
by Lallie Charles, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Mary Howe (née Curzon), Countess Howe as Margaret of England
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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by Speaight Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Violet Vanbrugh (Violet Augusta Mary Barnes) as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Lallie Charles, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball
by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Lady Beatrice Adeline Lister-Kaye (née Pelham-Clinton) as Court Lady in 'Twelfth Night'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville as Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset
by Speaight Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd
photogravure, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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