Sujet
Marriage of the son of Lord Selborne to the daughter of the Marquis of Salisbury, 1883. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Marriage of the son of Lord Selborne to the daughter of the Marquis of Salisbury, 1883. '...a congregation of distinguished and fashionable persons...[at St. Andrew's, Wells-street, witnessed] the marriage of Viscount Wolmer (the Right Hon. William Waldegrave Palmer), only son of the Earl of Selborne, Lord High Chancellor of England, to Lady Beatrix Maud Cecil, elder daughter of the Marquis of Salisbury: a matrimonial alliance between the two families of an eminent member of Mr. Gladstone's Ministry and of the leader of the Opposition Party, which is an agreeable token of the superiority of domestic ties above political differences...Lord Wolmer...is Assistant Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The bride was dressed in white satin, with flounces of Brussels lace and orange-blossoms, and a tulle veil fastened with five diamond stars. Her bridesmaids were Lady Gwendolen Cecil, her sister, Lady Sophia Palmer, sister of the bridegroom, Miss Mary Beresford-Hope, Miss Margaret Alderson, cousin of the bride, Miss Mary Somers-Cocks, Miss Balfour, and two little girls, Miss Blanche Cecil and Lady Mary Waldegrave'. After her marriage, Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne, toured the country, speaking in support of women's suffrage. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A50_296
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,4Mo (6,5Mo) / 32,3cm x 39,9cm / 3811 x 4716 (300dpi)