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Artist/Maker	Matthews, Patrick (photographer)
Place of origin	Buckingham Palace (photographed)

UNAPPROVED contact sheet comprising two photographs by Patrick Matthews. Depicting Cecil Beaton photographing Sister Rowe with baby Prince Charles. Buckingham Palace, 1948. The scene is visible in the reflection of a mirror.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits Royalty
Object type	Photograph
Materials and techniques	Paper Gelatin Silver Process Photography
Brief description	UNAPPROVED contact sheet comprising two photographs by Patrick Matthews. Depicting Cecil Beaton photographing Sister Rowe with baby Prince Charles. Buckingham Palace, 1948. The scene is visible in the reflection of a mirror.
Dimensions	Each individual image width: 8.3cm Each individual image height: 8.6cm Paper width: 10.5cm Paper height: 17.8cm
Credit line	Bequeathed to the Museum in 1987 by Eileen Hose, secretary to Cecil Beaton.
Production	Patrick Matthews worked alongside Cecil Beaton to photograph Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family on several occasions. Cecil Beaton photographed members of the royal family from 1930-1979.
Subjects depicted	Beaton, Cecil (Sir) King Charles III
Place depicted	Buckingham Palace
Other numbers	1812-4 - Beaton's number 1812-5 - Beaton's number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	PH.1445-1987

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Record created	September 16, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1172384/photograph-matthews-patrick/

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