King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother ('A Coronation Portrait')

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King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother ('A Coronation Portrait')

published by Illustrated London News, after Dorothy Wilding
colour photogravure, published 8 May 1937
19 5/8 in. x 14 3/8 in. (499 mm x 364 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1937
Reference Collection
NPG D34124

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  • Illustrated London News (active 1842-2003), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 86 portraits.
  • Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 2179 portraits, Sitter in 30 portraits.

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Current affairs

George VI becomes king. The younger brother of Edward VIII was crowned on the 12th May and the coronation was broadcast to Britain and the Empire on the radio. Edward becomes the Duke of Windsor, although the rank of 'Royal Highness' is not extended to Wallis Simpson.
Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister following Baldwin's retirement.

Art and science

Roland Penrose organises a tour of Picasso's painting Guernica to the UK. The painting, which shows the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, went on display at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in East London

International

Commercial airship travel is brought to an end with the 'Hindenberg Disaster'. The German airship exploded while landing in New Jersey. The radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison's reaction has become legendary: 'Oh, the humanity!'
Japan invades China, killing about 25,000. Japanese Troops committed numerous atrocities against soldiers and civilians in what became known as the 'Rape of Nanking'.

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