Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (1896-1986), Wife of Duke of Windsor
Sitter in 186 portraits
Born Elizabeth Wallis Warfield in Pennsylvania, she married Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr in 1916. Divorced in 1927, she married Ernest Simpson in 1928. They met Edward, Prince of Wales in London in 1931. When the Prince became King, his insistence on marrying the twice-divorced American precipitated a constitutional crisis that led to his abdication in 1936. He was created Duke of Windsor and the couple married soon after. The couple settled in Paris after the war.
by Dorothy Wilding
toned bromide print, 1935
NPG x25936
by Daily Express
modern bromide print from original negative, 8 December 1936
NPG x88269
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on card mount, 1937
NPG x40401
'The Duke of Windsor views the scene of the German attack at Verdun'
supplied by Wide World Photos
bromide print, 7 May 1939
NPG x76556
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 16 February 1939
NPG x134789
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print on tissue and white card mount, 5 November 1943
NPG x34898
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x35662
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 2 June 1943
NPG x25926
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, June 1943
NPG x35663
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 5 November 1943
NPG x34899
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
toned bromide print, 6 April 1955
NPG x27966
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide proof print, 7 February 1955
NPG x33573
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Edward, Duke of Windsor
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 7 February 1955
NPG x33568
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Edward, Duke of Windsor
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 7 February 1955
NPG x33570
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 7 February 1955
NPG x29433
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII); Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, December 1960
NPG x26039
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 20 June 1964
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x195060
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 20 June 1964
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x195061
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (husband)
Mrs Buchanan Merryman (aunt)
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