Royalty
[CAMBRIDGE
George Francis Hugh, 1895-1981, from 1927 2nd Marquess, grandson of Mary Adelaide, cousin of Queen Mary, blind from birth) and his sister Lady MARY CAMBRIDGE (1897-1987, wife, 1923, of the 10th Duke of Beaufort)]
Charming Unsigned Cabinet Portrait Photograph, by F & R Speaight,
showing them as Prince George and Princess Mary of Teck (titles relinquished in 1917, when their father Adolphus, brother of Queen Mary, was created Marquess of Cambridge), full length, full face, Prince George in a sailor suit, his eyes a little to the left, and holding the lead of their dog Tim, who is stretched out below, Princess Mary, perched on a pillar, part of the rustic studio setting with sloping parkland behind, looks intently at the camera and clutches her doll in her right hand, 5½ x 3¾ in photographer's stiff mount 7 x 4¾, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1900
a few tiny brown spots in blank margins and two in Prince George's lower clothing, right and left margins trimmed fractionally
Stock No. 55669