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Photograph

1942 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
photography
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). 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).
Dimensions
  • Image width: 19.4cm
  • Paper width: 19.4cm
  • Image height: 24.2cm
  • Paper height: 24.2cm
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.
Other number
214-14 - Beaton's number
Collection
Accession number
PH.415-1987

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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