(The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, Queen of George VI)]
Fine unsigned photo by Cecil Beaton,
the photo showing her head and shoulders in profile, wearing a bejewelled dress and sash, 8 x 6 in mount 10 x 7, Buckingham Palace, no place, no date but circa
Beaton's famous photographs of Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in 1939 established a new romantic image for the monarchy. He subsequently photographed her five times between 1947 and 1957 and deliberately tried to re-create the spirit of the 1939 image - the be-spangled crinoline dress with lots of diamond jewellery. From a Royal Collection.