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Photograph

March 1960 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). One of twelve photographs on a contact sheet. Depicting Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Sister Rowe and baby Prince Andrew. Buckingham Palace, March 1960.


Object details

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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). One of twelve photographs on a contact sheet. Depicting Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Sister Rowe and baby Prince Andrew. Buckingham Palace, March 1960.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 5.7cm
  • Image height: 5.7cm
  • Paper width: 19.2cm
  • Paper height: 24.9cm
Gallery label
The Royal Family March 1960 Beaton’s photographic contact sheets reveal how he directed the members of the royal family to pose, often only altering their positions by subtle degrees between one frame and the next in order to achieve the ideal composition. The contact sheets sometimes bear the photographer’s crop lines in blue ink, and markings such as stars or ticks to indicate his favourite shots. Gelatin silver prints V&A: Ph.1702–1987; Ph.1708–1987; PH.1732–1987 (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.
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
PH.1702A-1987

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Record createdJanuary 18, 2011
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