Photograph of Lady Mandeville (née Consuelo Yznaga) as Princess de Croy

26 March 1883

Photograph from the 1883 Vanderbilt Fancy Dress Ball album, taken by Jose Maria Mora (Cuban, c. 1847-1926), depicting Lady Mandeville (née Consuelo Yznaga) costumed as the Princess de Croy after a portrait by Van Dyke. A contemporary account from the New York Tribune described her costume: "The petticoat was of black satin, embroidered in jet. The body and train were of black velvet, ornamented with heavy jet embroidery. The dress had large puffed Vandyke sleeves, an immense stand-up collar of Venetian lace [...] The whole was crowned with a black Vandyke hat and drooping plumes, turned up at one side and blazing with jewels. Nothing could have been more becoming to Lady Mandeville's blonde beauty than this magnificent and sombre dress."

American

photographic print

Mat window opening: 6.5 x 11 inches (16.5 x 27.9 cm)

Bequest of Harold S. Vanderbilt

PSNCA.H.018.31