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Photograph
Beaton, Cecil - Enlarge image
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Buckingham Palace (photographed)
- Date:
02/06/1953 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Beaton, Cecil (Sir), born 1904 - died 1980 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
photography
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed to the Museum in 1987 by Eileen Hose, secretary to the photographer
- Museum number:
PH.1542-1987
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case X, shelf 914, box D
Physical description
Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation day, 2nd June 1953. The new Queen is crowned (this crown is known as the Imperial State Crown) and seated upon a gilded throne, upholstered in brocade fabric. She holds the orb and sceptre in her hands and is seen looking towards the camera and smiling broadly. She is dressed in an elaborately embroidered gown and wears a dark cloak. The cloak is embroidered, and a pattern of intertwining leaves is just seen. It is trimmed with a thick white and black fur and fastened with broad, glittering braids and knots. The scene is framed by a draped curtain which is tied back; to reveal a painted backdrop depicting the grand latticed naves of Westminster Abbey (where the Coronation ceremony had taken place shortly before this sitting).
Place of Origin
Buckingham Palace (photographed)
Date
02/06/1953 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir), born 1904 - died 1980 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
photography
Marks and inscriptions
'Tel mag'
Written in pencil on reverse, upper left.
Dimensions
Width: 22.8 cm image, Height: 23.3 cm image, Width: 23.6 cm paper, Height: 23.8 cm paper
Descriptive line
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Coronation day, Buckingham Palace, 1953.
Production Note
Cecil Beaton photographed members of the royal family from 1930-1979.
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Gelatin silver process
Categories
Photographs; Portraits; Royalty
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
