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Photograph

1943 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin
Windsor Castle (photographed)

Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), Windsor Castle, 1943.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Photography
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), Windsor Castle, 1943.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 20cm
  • Image height: 22.2cm
  • Paper width: 20cm
  • Paper height: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'For release in U.S.A. April 15' (Written in pencil on reverse.)
  • 'LIFE MAGAZINE' / (PICTURES DIVISION) / LONDON / OUR NUMBER 9885 / FILE - PAY WHEN USED' (Ink stamped on reverse.)
  • 'REVIEWED AND PASSED / U.S. ARMY / FEB 1944 / PRESS CENSOR / E.T.O. U.S.A.' (Ink stamped on reverse.)
Gallery label
Princess Elizabeth, Windsor Castle November 1943 Beaton was impressed by the Princess’s character and beauty, commenting in 1951: ‘Each time one sees her one is delighted to find how much more serene, magnetic, and at the same time meltingly sympathetic she is than one had imagined … One misses, even in colour photographs, the effect of the dazzlingly fresh complexion, the clear regard from the glass-blue eyes, and the gentle, all-pervading sweetness of her smile.’ Gelatin silver prints Ph.1366-1987 and Ph.1354-1987 (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.
Subject depicted
HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Place depicted
Windsor Castle
Associated object
PH.626H-1987
Other number
260-62 - Beaton's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1354-1987

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Record createdFebruary 21, 2011
Record URL
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