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Photograph

02/06/1953 (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, Coronation day, Buckingham Palace, 1953.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Photographs
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, Coronation day, Buckingham Palace, 1953.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 25.2cm
  • Image height: 32.1cm
  • Paper width: 25.2cm
  • Paper height: 32.1cm
Gallery label
(2012)
Queen Elizabeth II
2 June 1953

The Queen’s Coronation gown was designed by Norman Hartnell. It was exquisitely embroidered with the floral emblems of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, including the English Tudor rose, Scots thistle, Welsh leek, Irish shamrock, Australian wattle flower, New Zealand silver fern, Canadian maple leaf, South African protea, lotus flowers for India and Ceylon, and wheat, cotton and jute for Pakistan.

Gelatin silver print
Ph.424-1987
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
Other number
B647/1 - Beaton's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.424-1987

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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