Cecil Beaton (1904-80)
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II (b.1926), in the Bow Room, Buckingham Palace Oct 1942
Gelatin silver print | 21.6 x 18.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2153147
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Photograph of Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II (b.1926), in profile, three quarter length, standing beside an ornate table. She faces left, her left arm resting on the table top. She wears a satin dress featuring bows embroidered in sequins, a bracelet and a pearl necklace. The photograph was taken in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace. The 1853 painting of Prince Leopold, later Duke of Albany, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (RCIN 405106) is visible in the background, in the right hand corner of the photograph.
Provenance
From the Collection of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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Medium and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
21.6 x 18.3 cm (image)