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Photograph

1955 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Cecil Beaton (photographer)

Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph mounted on card depicting Princess Margaret. Garden scene, the Princess sits at a doorway with her dog.

Object details

Categories
Portraits
Photographs
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph mounted on card depicting Princess Margaret. Garden scene, the Princess sits at a doorway with her dog.
Physical description
Royal Portrait by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Photograph mounted on card depicting Princess Margaret. Garden scene, the Princess sits at a doorway with her dog.
Marks and inscriptions
  • [signed by photographer] 'Beaton'. (Pencil, lower right of mount.)
  • '1957 / This print was hung / at the / INTERNATIONAL / INVITATION / EXHIBITION / held in Birkenhead / April 29th-May 4th / BIRKENHEAD PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION' (Printed on a slip affixed to reverse of mount. Black text, silver background.)
Credit line
Bequeathed to the Museum in 1987 by Eileen Hose, secretary to the photographer
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1600-1989

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O244231/photograph-cecil-beaton/
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