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Cora Pearl (Emma Elizabeth Crouch)

by Disdéri
albumen carte-de-visite, 1868
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/8 in. (89 mm x 55 mm) image size
Purchased, 1987
Photographs Collection
NPG x29190

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  • Disdéri (1819-1889), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 220 portraits.

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Current affairs

Following the Earl of Derby's resignation, Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister. However, following a near immediate Liberal election victory, he is replaced as Prime Minister by Gladstone. Gladstone sets out his mission to 'pacify Ireland'.
Separately, the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is held in Manchester.
Public executions are abolished, and are moved from outside Newgate gaol to inside the prison.

Art and science

Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone published. Credited with writing the first sensation novel The Woman in White, Collins's claims another first here, as the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Herncastle diamond, is recognised as one of the first detective novels.

International

An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off the Ten Years' War, in which 200,000 lives are lost. Cubans in the eastern provinces unite under wealthy planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Another armed uprising takes place against Spanish rule in the town of Lares in Puerto Rico, known as the 'Grito de Lares'.

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Frederick William Nicholls Crouch

17 July 2015, 14:13

We have one original Worth gown worn by Cora. All photos by Disderi of Cora in gowns were by Frederick Worth her personal friend from London and her designer. We have signed correspondence to her from him. I am Emma Elizabeth Crouch "Cora Pearl" Great Grand Nephew. We possess so many original signed documents, signed letters, signed photos. Her father (my Great Grandfather) was the composer of famous ballad "Kathleen Mavourneen".