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French calf leather album by Maquet, with silver gilt clasps and green watered silk board lining, each leaf having four embossed paper windows, containing 100 albumen cartes-de-visite (RCINs 2915115-2915213).
From the 1840s Queen Victoria began to acquire
Portrait Photographs in the Royal Collection

The Royal Family have collected, created and commissioned many portrait photographs

CECIL BEATON (1904-80)

Princess Margaret (1930-2002) and Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

1949

RCIN 2315237

Cecil Beaton (1904-80) photographed the Royal Family over a forty year period, from 1939 to 1979, the year before his death. Beaton's flair for creating glamorous, sensitive portraits is attributed to his creativity and ability to put his subject at ease. In 1949, Beaton photographed Princess Margaret (1930-2002) for her 19th birthday. This particular work includes both a portrait of the young Princess and a self-portrait of the photographer, his image purposefully captured in the mirror behind.


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