“Blenheim Palace, 1902 or 1903: Major John Churchill with Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Randolph Churchill” (BRDW 1/2/37)

Photograph of ‘Jack’, John S Churchill, with his mother Lady Randolph [earlier Jennie Jerome] and the Duchess [earlier Consuelo Vanderbilt, later Consuelo Balsan], on the lawn outside Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]. Both ladies are wearing long white dresses with feathered hats, and holding up a white feather boa between them, while Lady Randolph also has a white parasol, and Jack stands behind them, looking down. Consuelo is smiling at the camera, with one hand on Jack’s shoulder, while Lady Randolph is turned to smile at her.

c 1902