Queen Elizabeth II

1 portrait on display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery

Queen Elizabeth II, by Cecil Beaton, October 1968 - NPG - © V&A Images; On loan from American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation, Inc.: Gift of Mr. Ford Hill.

© V&A Images; On loan from American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation, Inc.: Gift of Mr. Ford Hill.

Queen Elizabeth II

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, October 1968
19 3/8 in. x 15 1/2 in. (493 mm x 395 mm)
Lent by Gift of Mr Ford Hill, American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation, Inc., 2011
Primary Collection
NPG P1489


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  • Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Artist associated with 1051 portraits, Sitter associated with 314 portraits.

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Taken on the same occasion as the studies showing the Queen in an Admiral's Boat Cloak, this photograph shows the Queen in the north end of the White Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace, in which is displayed Francois Flameng's 1908 portrait of Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII (which is just visible far left).

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