Photograph
October 1942 (photographed)
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Photograph depicting Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), 1942. Three-quarter length, standing in profile, to left. 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
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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. Three-quarter length, standing in profile, to left. 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '213-7' (Written on the back of the photograph in pencil.) |
| Gallery label | Princess Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace
October 1942
Beaton found the 1942 sitting a challenging one. He wrote in his diary of his quest for originality and his desire to produce a ‘composition that is not merely a pastiche of the past’. The sixteen year-old Princess Elizabeth posed in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace, beside Winterhalter’s portrait of Prince Leopold at the age of three months.
Gelatin silver print
V&A: Ph.289-1987
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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. 96 |
| Other number | 213-7 - Beaton's number |
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| Accession number | PH.289-1987 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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