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Baron Adolph de Meyer (1 September 1868〔(View on the online birth certificate, number 729: Declaration of birth was made on the 3rd of september, but the parents declared the child was born on the 1st of september at 10:00 AM )〕 – 6 January 1946) was a photographer famed for his elegant photographic portraits in the early 20th century, many of which depicted celebrities such as Mary Pickford, Rita Lydig, Luisa Casati, Billie Burke, Irene Castle, John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Ruth St. Denis, King George V of the United Kingdom, and Queen Mary. He was also the first official fashion photographer for the American magazine ''Vogue'', appointed to that position in 1913. ==Background== Reportedly born in Paris and educated in Dresden, Adolphus Meyer was the son of a German Jewish father and Scottish mother—Adolphus Louis Meyer and his wife, the former Adele Watson.〔Adolphus Louis Meyer is given as the name of Baron de Meyer's father on his 1899 marriage license, found through ancestry.com.〕〔''Of Passions and Tenderness: Portraits of Olga by Baron de Meyer", Graystone Press, 1992, page 7.〕 In 1893 he joined the ''Royal Photographic Society'' and moved to London in 1895. He used the surnames Meyer, von Meyer, de Meyer, de Meyer-Watson, and Meyer-Watson at various times in his life.〔A circa-1900 photograph of his wife, Olga, bears the signature "Adolph Meyer", a signature he frequently used before adopting "De Meyer". See ''Of Passions and Tenderness: Portraits of Olga by Baron de Meyer", Graystone Press, 1992, page 111.〕 From 1897 he was known as Baron Adolph Edward Sigismond de Meyer, though some contemporary sources list him as Baron Adolph von Meyer and Baron Adolph de Meyer-Watson.〔The name "Baron A. de Meyer-Watson" is cited in ''Photograms of the Year: The Annual Review of the World's Pictorial Photographic Work'', 1899, page 188〕〔''Who's Who in England'', 1905〕 In editions dating from 1898 until 1913, ''Whitaker's Peerage'' stated that de Meyer's title had been granted in 1897 by Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, though another source states "the photographer inherited it from his grandfather in the 1890s".〔''Of Passions and Tenderness: Portraits of Olga by Baron de Meyer'' (Greystone Books, 1992), page 6〕 Some sources state that no evidence of this nobiliary creation, however, has been found.〔Anthony Camp, ''Royal Mistresses and Bastards: fact and fiction 1714-1936'' (London, 2007) 357-8.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adolph de Meyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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