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Photograph

May 1964 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin
Buckingham Palace (photographed)

Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew and baby Prince Edward, Buckingham Palace, May 1964.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew and baby Prince Edward, Buckingham Palace, May 1964.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 20.6cm
  • Paper width: 20.6cm
  • Image height: 25.5cm
  • Paper height: 25.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'EMBARGO: WATCH RELEASE DATE / FOR PUBLICATION IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS / OF WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23, 1960. / FIRST PICTURES OF THE NEW PRINCE (557/130) / THIS PICTURE OF THE QUEEN AND THE NEW BABY / PRINCE WAS MADE BY MR. CECIL BEATON IN THE / BLUE DRAWING ROOM AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, / LONDON, RECENTLY. THE QUEEN WEARS A RED SILK / DRESS, A FOUR-STRING PEARL NECKLACE AND / DIAMOND AND PEARL EAR-RINGS. THE BABY PRINCE / WHO WAS BORN OF FEBRUARY 19, WEARS A WHITE / LACE ROBE. / BEA.K.4591 190360 N / PICTURE DISTRIBUTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / LONDON / PLEASE CREDIT MY. CECIL BEATON / EMBARGO: WATCH RELEASE DATE / FOR FIRST PUBLICATION IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS / OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1960.' (Typed notice, on paper fixed to reverse of photograph.)
  • 'CAUTION / WATCH RELEASE DATE' (Printed with ink stamp on reverse of photograph. Partly covered by paper embargo notice.)
  • [Various written annotations and crop marks] (On reverse.)
Gallery label
Reverse of a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew March 1960 Multiple copies of Beaton’s photographs were sent to newspaper publishers. The reverse of the photographs provided journalists with an embargo date and the details of the photographic sitting, such as the location and the Queen’s attire. Gelatin silver print V&A: Ph.4522-1987 (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
HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Prince Andrew, Andrew Albert Christian Edward (The Duke of York)
Place depicted
Buckingham Palace
Other number
557/130 - Beaton's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.4522-1987

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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