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Photograph

1950 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and baby Princess Anne. Seated in an interior and wearing a checked silk dress, Queen Elizabeth II holds Princess Anne in her arms. The baby is dressed in a lace and embroidered gown. A young Prince Charles is close-by, looking towards the camera quizzically. Clarence House, September 1950.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
photography
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and baby Princess Anne. Clarence House, September 1950.
Physical description
Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and baby Princess Anne. Seated in an interior and wearing a checked silk dress, Queen Elizabeth II holds Princess Anne in her arms. The baby is dressed in a lace and embroidered gown. A young Prince Charles is close-by, looking towards the camera quizzically. Clarence House, September 1950.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 22.7cm
  • Image height: 24.9cm
  • Paper width: 22.7cm
  • Paper height: 24.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Princess Elizabeth / Prince Charles / Princess Anne' (Written in blue biro on reverse, top right.)
  • 'B504/50' (Written in pencil on reverse, centre.)
Gallery label
Princess Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, Clarence House September 1950 Princess Elizabeth and her family lived at Clarence House between 1949 and 1952. It was here that the Princess gave birth to her second child, Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, on 15 August 1950. The press encouraged the public to preserve Beaton’s portraits of the young family. Portraits such as this one were printed in newspapers with headlines noting their collectability. Gelatin silver print Ph.1473-1987 (2012)
Credit line
Bequeathed to the Museum in 1987 by Eileen Hose, secretary to the photographer
Production
Cecil Beaton photographed members of the royal family from 1930-1979.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated object
Other number
B504/50 - Beaton's number
Collection
Accession number
PH.1473-1987

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2011
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