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Photograph

October 1942 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), 1942. Three-quarter length, standing, turning her face towards the camera. Leaning against, and resting one hand upon a carved and gilded table. Wearing a silk gown embroidered with sequins forming 'bow' shapes, and a pearl necklace. In the background, an oval shaped painting of a baby in a gilded frame, is hung surrounded by a ribbon-like wall decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
photography
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), Buckingham Palace, 1942.
Physical description
Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), 1942. Three-quarter length, standing, turning her face towards the camera. Leaning against, and resting one hand upon a carved and gilded table. Wearing a silk gown embroidered with sequins forming 'bow' shapes, and a pearl necklace. In the background, an oval shaped painting of a baby in a gilded frame, is hung surrounded by a ribbon-like wall decoration.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 15.9cm
  • Image height: 20.2cm
  • Paper width: 15.9cm
  • Paper height: 20.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '213/4' (Written in ink on reverse.)
  • [various annotations] (Written in red crayon, blue biro and pencil on reverse.)
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
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Strong, Roy C. Cecil Beaton: the royal portraits. London: Thames and Hudson, c1988. p. 96
Other number
213/4 - Beaton's number
Collection
Accession number
PH.594-1987

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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