Frances Evelyn (Daisy) Greville née Maynard, Countess of Warwick (1861-1938)
Walery [photographer] London
Category
Photographs
Date
1894
Materials
photographic paper and wood
Measurements
376 mm (H)245 mm (W)355 mm (H)225 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246768
Summary
A Studio Portrait of Daisy Greville. Signed and dated.
Full description
Daisy is standing, looking downwards, wearing a long, tightly waisted gown. She is wearing a lace trimmed cloak, her square neck-line and waist has a brocade trim and her drees and cape seem to shimmer. There is a head and shoulder close up of this photograph in the National Portrait Gallery. Daisy's husband was Francis Greville, Lord Brooke, the eldest son and heir of George Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick. Nevertheless she had affairs with several powerful men, most notably the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Daisy would have known Ronald and Margaret Greville as they were related through marriage and both couples were members of the Marlborough House Set. Signed and dated: Daisy W 1894. Daisy, Countess of Warwick was the elder daughter of Col. Hon Charles Henry Maynard. She married Francis Richard Charles Greville, Lord Brooke. They had four sons and a daughter. In 1886, she became the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII's, ‘official’ mistress; she was replaced in 1898, by Alice Keppel.
Marks and inscriptions
Printed on mount: WALERY / PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN / 164 REGENT STREET / LONDON
Makers and roles
Walery [photographer] London , photographer