Photograph
1942 (photographed)
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Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), 1942. Half-length, seated, she is turning to face the camera and smiling. Resting one elbow on the back of her chair, she holds one hand in the other. She wears a uniform (Grenadier Guards) blazer with a brooch on the lapel, and a matching hat decorated with a ribbon, a pearl and a leaf-like emblem. A backdrop depicts an enlarged and adapted section of 'The Gardens of the Villa d’Este at Tivoli', c.1761-62 by the French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806).
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| Materials and techniques | photography |
| Brief description | Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), 1942. |
| Physical description | Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), 1942. Half-length, seated, she is turning to face the camera and smiling. Resting one elbow on the back of her chair, she holds one hand in the other. She wears a uniform (Grenadier Guards) blazer with a brooch on the lapel, and a matching hat decorated with a ribbon, a pearl and a leaf-like emblem. A backdrop depicts an enlarged and adapted section of 'The Gardens of the Villa d’Este at Tivoli', c.1761-62 by the French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '214-14' (Written on the back of the photograph in blue ink.) |
| Gallery label | Princess Elizabeth as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, Buckingham Palace
October 1942
In February 1942, the King appointed his fifteen-year-old daughter Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, the senior Regiment of the Foot Guards. It was the first time in history that a woman had held the position. The Princess wears an embroidered grenade in her cap and a blue enamelled and diamond brooch, the Regimental cypher, presented to her by the Regiment on her sixteenth birthday.
Gelatin silver print
Ph.1344-1987
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| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Strong, Roy C. Cecil Beaton: the royal portraits. London: Thames and Hudson, c1988. p. 84 |
| Other number | 214-14 - Beaton's number |
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| Accession number | PH.1344-1987 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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