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Photograph

1939 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). One of nine contact print photographs which has been cut out, arranged and mounted on card. Depicting Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother), Buckingham Palace, 1939.


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Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). One of nine contact print photographs which has been cut out, arranged and mounted on card. Depicting Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother), Buckingham Palace, 1939.
Dimensions
  • Each image (approx.) width: 6cm
  • Each image (approx.) height: 7.5cm
  • Paper width: 28cm
  • Paper height: 39.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Approved Photographs. Series OS 1939' (Written in capital letters, positioned centrally in the upper portion of the card.)
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.
Collection
Accession number
PH.9273A-1987

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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