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Photograph

1968 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin
Buckingham Palace (photographed)

Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II standing on an exterior balcony, Buckingham Palace, 1968. She is wearing a dark cloak, with round brass buttons, and a chain fastening at the neck. Tilting her head slightly, she makes eye contact with the camera and is smiling. Large stone columns are seen behind her, bright sunlight emphasises the grooves and ridges of their surface.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
photography
Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Photography
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II standing on an exterior balcony, Buckingham Palace, 1968. She is wearing a dark cloak. Tilting her head slightly, she makes eye contact with the camera and is smiling. Large stone columns are seen behind her, bright sunlight emphasises the grooves and ridges of their surface.
Physical description
Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II standing on an exterior balcony, Buckingham Palace, 1968. She is wearing a dark cloak, with round brass buttons, and a chain fastening at the neck. Tilting her head slightly, she makes eye contact with the camera and is smiling. Large stone columns are seen behind her, bright sunlight emphasises the grooves and ridges of their surface.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 25.3cm
  • Image height: 30.4cm
  • Paper width: 25.3cm
  • Paper height: 30.4cm
Gallery label
(2012)
Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace
1968

The Queen posed in the Admiral’s Boat Cloak on one of the sunny balconies overlooking the inner courtyard of Buckingham Palace. Shortly after the sitting, Beaton returned to the Palace to photograph Prince Charles in the same location.

Gelatin silver print
V&A: Ph.1963-1987
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
HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Place depicted
Buckingham Palace
Associated object
PH.412-1987
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1963-1987

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Record createdDecember 16, 2010
Record URL
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