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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.

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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, Buckingham Palace, 1968.
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: 25.4cm Image height: 30.4cm Paper width: 25.4cm Paper height: 30.4cm
Gallery label	(2012) Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace 1968 The Queen posed in the dark blue 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 Ph.412-1987
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.1963-1987
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	PH.412-1987

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Record created	February 15, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1192927/photograph-beaton-cecil-sir/

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