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Photograph

1955 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin
Buckingham Palace (photographed)

Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1955. She is standing, full-length, upon a richly patterned carpet in a drawing-room scene. She is wearing a gown with narrow shoulder straps, a dark coloured sash, and a diamond crown. She holds her hands together at her waist. Turning her head towards a point to one side of the camera, her face seen slightly in profile, she looks ahead in contemplation. Gilt and upholstered furniture, marble columns, and a crystal chandelier are seen in the background.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
photography
Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1955.
Physical description
Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1955. She is standing, full-length, upon a richly patterned carpet in a drawing-room scene. She is wearing a gown with narrow shoulder straps, a dark coloured sash, and a diamond crown. She holds her hands together at her waist. Turning her head towards a point to one side of the camera, her face seen slightly in profile, she looks ahead in contemplation. Gilt and upholstered furniture, marble columns, and a crystal chandelier are seen in the background.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 24cm
  • Image height: 29.1cm
  • Paper width: 24cm
  • Paper height: 29.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'B737/1' (Written on reverse in pencil.)
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
Buckingham Palace
Associated objects
Other number
B737/1 - Beaton's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1577-1987

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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