Re: Queen Mary in Australia in 1901 (pictures) Archived Message
Posted by Beth1 on October 20, 2014, 4:52 am, in reply to "Queen Mary in Australia in 1901 (pictures)"
--Previous Message-- : Thank you, Nellie, for this incredible : description of King George V and Queen : Mary's (then TRH the Duke and Duchess of : Cornwall and York) to Australia. : : Regarding the sash of the order worn by : Queen Mary during this visit, I guess that : Queen Mary must actually have worn the white : sash of the Royal Order of Victoria and : Albert, awarded to the female members of the : Royal Family. The Royal Guelphic Order was a : Hanoverian House order, not a British one, : and Queen Mary and King George V were not : members of the Hanoverian royal family. And : it would have had no sense to wear a : Hanoverian order while on visit to : Australia. : : Here are pictures, from the Royal : Collection's website, about this first : Australian royal tour: : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection-search/Queen%2520Mary%2520Australia%25201901 : : The pictures below are of the opening of the : first Parliament of the newly-established : Commonwealth of Australia in Melbourne, on : 9th May 1901. Queen Mary is wearing a long : diamond riviere, the Cambridge pearl brooch : (see Roberts, page 118) pinned on her : collar, the Women of Hampshire pearl brooch : (see Roberts, page 151) pinned in the middle : of her corsage on the sash, and the large : baroque pearl brooch surrounded by diamonds : (now in the possession of the Duchess of : Gloucester), pinned on her waist. : : : Caption: A group photograph with King George : V (1865-1936) when the Duke of Cornwall and : York and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when : Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York, : with John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow : (1860-1908), the first Governor-General of : Australia and known as Lord Hopetoun in : Australia, and his wife, Hersey, Marchioness : of Linlithgow (1867-1937). The Duke and Lord : are wearing Naval uniforms, with insignia : and cocked hats. The group are standing in : front of a door. : : : Caption: A group photograph including King : George V (1865-1936) when the Duke of : Cornwall and York; Queen Mary (1867-1953) : when Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and : York; Derek Kepple (1863-1944) and Mrs Derek : Kepple; Sir Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron : Stamfordham (1849-1931); Alexander : Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) : when Prince Alexander of Teck; Henry : Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe : (1876-1932), who served as ADC to the Duke : of Cornwall and York during Colonial tour of : 1901; Lord Critchton; Lady Katherine Coke; : Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett : (1863-1945); and Commander Sir Charles : Leopold Cust (1864-1931), who was awarded : the Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian : Order (KCVO) in 1911; Admiral Sir Alfred : Leigh Winsloe (1852-1931); Chevalier de : Martino (1838-1912); and other officials : outside Government House, Melbourne. The : names of the people in the photograph is : written underneath by Queen Mary. : : : Caption: A photograph showing King George V : (1865-1952) when the Duke of Cornwall and : York and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when : Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York, : at the official opening of the Commonwealth : Parliament in Melbourne, Australia. The : photograph shows the Duke and Duchess : standing in front of a large crowd of : Parliament members on a podium in front of : crowds and judges. The Duke is wearing his : Naval uniform with insignia. : : : Caption: The Opening of the First Parliament : of the Commonwealth of Australia, 9th May : 1901, by painter Tom Roberts (1856-1931). : Oil on canvas (358.4 x 504.3 cm). Presented : to King Edward VII on 3 July 1904 as a gift : from the Commonwealth of Australia; hanging : at St James's Palace until 1957, when placed : on loan to Parliament House, Canberra. : Within a crowded interior of the Exhibition : Building at Melbourne, the Duke of York : (later George V) stands, almost centre, upon : a semi-circular stage; the arched roof, : right is lit from a strong light source, : upper right; flags and standards decorate : the walls. : : This one is not from the Royal Collection, : but was taken on the same day: : : : The picture below was taken in Brisbane, on : 22 May 1901. Queen Mary seems to be wearing : similar jewels as in Melbourne two weeks : earlier (most certainly the Cambridge pearl : brooch on her collar - I am less sure for : the other brooches). : : : Caption: A photograph showing King George V : (1865-1936) when the Duke of Cornwall and : York and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when : Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York, : attending a formal ceremony in which they : laid the foundation stone to a new Cathedral : in Brisbane, 22 May 1901. The photograph : shows the Duke and Duchess walking towards : the camera with the foundation stone and : equipment to their left. There are groups of : people in the background, including a group : of choir boys and young girls wearing white : bonnets in the foreground of the photograph. : The Duchess is dressed in black and holding : a black umbrella, the Duke is holding his : top hat in his right hand and using a : walking stick in his left hand. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Thank you for that contrinbution Mauriz. : Truly appreciated. : : I was also thinking of the remark about : Queen Mary and provide below here a previous : posting of mine about her trip to Australia : in 1901 while still in mourning for Queen : Victoria. : It seems Queen MAry used jet in the trimming : on her gowns but not in her jewels. Note : they include amethysts. : : ------- : : The many reports leave me with the : impression that Queen Mary (then the Duchess : of Cornwall and York) went to great lengths : to wear piles of diamonds for the most regal : events, and that her jewels probably looked : stunning against her mourning black. : I also feel that there must have been quite : a lot lent to her for the trip. That could : have been from her own family and possibly : some from Queen Victoria who had died so : recently. : : A white sash appears a number of times, with : various names - Order of the House of : Guelph, Order Alexandra, and another I : cannot recall or find again but it possibly : referred to the V&A as “for Women”. : Another time, across the bodice a riband of : the Crown of India was worn. : : I now think possibly the most impressive : tiara, each point surmounted by pearls, : must have been her own Girls of Great : Britain and Ireland. : There were private dinners at Government : House so who knows what she might have worn : to dinner by way of jewels. : So here is the story but no pics - yet. It : has been a challenge to work out correct : dates, and places for all events. : A break between quotations means a different : report. : : Monday 6 - arrived, dinner at Government : House : : Tuesday 7 - morning levee at Government : House; evening dinner at Government House : : Wednesday 8 - afternoon The State Reception, : Parliament House : “Around her neck was a long chain of : diamonds with a diamond star pendant.” : : Wednesday 8 - evening Reception given by : Governor-General at Governent House. This : seems to have been the major evening event. : " A diamond tiara in simple bandeau : style worn set rather back on the head; many : strings of diamonds round the neck formed a : deep collar; below this was a collarette of : amethyst, and diamonds hanging in pendants; : on the left side of the bodice a large : diamond ornament was worn, with strings of : diamonds caught by medallion shaped diamond : ornaments. The jewels were : magnificent." : : Note: one report says rubies in the tiara : and flat neckace, which qestions my theory : that reporters were working from very : detailed press releases, though some of the : “correspondents” writing in ladies columns : were obviously freelancers and might not : have had the releases. : : The wife of the Governor-General, Lady : Hopetoun, wore “…the edge of the corsage : draped in four rows of diamonds caught up in : festoons. With this was worn diamond bodice : ornaments, reviere, and star tiara of : diamonds.” I think the peerage was : Linlithgow. Might be worth hunting for some : pics. : : Thursday 9 - midday opening of Parliament : : Thursday 9 - evening Concert - Town hall or : Exhibition Building not yet resolved by me. : HRH wore “a magnificen tiara of diamonds and : a dog-collar and long chains of the same : stones. She also wore a white order and : some magnificent diamond brooches.” : : “She wore a large diamond coronet different : from any till then worn, a collar of : diamonds, pendant of diamonds, and several : orders.” : : Friday 10 - evening Mayoral Reception at : Town Hall : “HRH had rich soft silk, trimmed with much : silk net in tiny frills, her coronet was of : diamonds, and the diamond necklace had large : pendant amethysts.” : : Saturday 11 - evening Reception at : Government House : “The Duchess of Cornwall and York wore a : trained gown of dull satin, with full, deep : flounces of lace, the bodice was trimmed : with lace and jet, and on left shoulder a : bunch of cherries, made of black velvet, the : leaves being of silk; she wore her white : sash (the Order of the House of Guelph), : fastened with a diamond buckle; she also : wore a diamond and pearl tiara, a collar of : pearls and diamonds, a rope of pearls and : lovely diamond brooches.” : : “Her jewels were a coronet of pearls, : throatlet, and long necklaces of pearls, and : eardrops.” : : “She wore the white sash of the Royal : Guelphic order, fastened with a diamond : buckle. Her diamond tiara was pointed with : pearls. She wore a collar of pearls caught : with diamond clasps, a rope of pearls, a : splendid brooch, a pendant of diamonds : chained with pearls, and several bangles, : and carried a little French fan flowered : with white.” : : “The bodice was almost concealed by a white : moire order sash caught with a diamond : ornament at the waist. A large diamond : ornament and pendant was worn in the centre : of the bodice, and two orders beside it; on : the left shoulder were some black flowers, : and the sleeve was caught on the shoulder : with a diamond ornament. A magnificent pearl : collar and vertical bars of diamonds, a long : string of pearls, and pearl eardrops were : worn, also a very handsome diamond tiara and : diamond bracelets, and long black gloves, : and a black fan were the other details of an : imposing toilete.” : : Tuesday 14 - dinner at Government House : : Wednesday 15 - dinner by Mayor : : Thursday 16 - leave for Brisbane : : --Previous Message-- : : Jet indeed derives from wood and is a sort : of coal, half way in the process between : brown and black coal. Whitby in Yorkshire : was a centre for mining jet, hence the term : "Whitby Jet" for English jet. : : Jet was often imitated by using glass or : mixing pulverised jet with the ingredients : of glass in the making process. Sometimes : the goal was to achieve more luster than jet : could offer, particularly in the production : in France in the early 20th century and in : Bohemia, probably influenced by their glass : production. Our idea of "jet : black" probably derives more from that : sort of jet. : : Jet - unlike glass - will remain rather warm : if you put it into the fridge, that's one : way to identify it. Another is to heat a : needle until red hot. You'll be able to use : it to bore a small whole into jet, but : obviously not into glass. Jet, like any : coal, will leave a light brown trace on : certain materials. : : The whole concept of mourning jewellery is : very interesting and I only wished I had : more time to participate in the discussion, : but at the moment I shouldn't even read the : board. Thanks nevertheless for bringing up : that topic! : : : : : :
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