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

Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1955. Wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and a diamond and pearl diadem made for George IV

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Categories	Photographs Portraits Royalty
Object type	Photograph
Materials and techniques	photography Paper Half-Tone Offset Lithography
Brief description	Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph depicting Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1955. From 'A Royal Portfolio'.
Physical description	Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, 1955. Wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and a diamond and pearl diadem made for George IV
Dimensions	Paper width: 28.9cm Paper height: 41.3cm Image width: 17.7cm Image height: 22.8cm
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	Elizabeth II (Queen of Great Britain)
Place depicted	Buckingham Palace
Associated objects	PH.587-1987 PH.304-1987
Bibliographic reference	Strong, Roy C. Cecil Beaton: the royal portraits. London: Thames and Hudson, c1988. p. 13.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1591H-1989

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Record created	June 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O244217/photograph-beaton-cecil-sir/

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