Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the coronation with her six maids of honour
4 of 7 portraits of Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary von Hofmannsthal (née Paget)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the coronation with her six maids of honour
by Hay Wrightson
nitrate negative, May 1937
8 1/2in. x 6 1/2in. (215.9 mm x 165.1 mm)
Given by Julian Munby, 1975
Photographs Collection
NPG x32324
Artistback to top
- Hay Wrightson (1874-1949), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 357 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Lady Ursula d'Abo (née Manners) (1916-2017), Maid of Honour to the Queen Mother and factory manager in World War II; wife of Erland d'Abo; daughter of 9th Duke of Rutland. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Lady Elizabeth Ivy Douglas-Hamilton (née Percy) (1916-2008), Daughter of Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland; wife of Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002), Queen of George VI. Sitter associated with 580 portraits, Artist or producer of 1 portrait. Identify
- Lady Iris Victoria Beatrice Grace Kemp (née Mountbatten) (1920-1982), Former wife of Hamilton Keyes-O'Malley and of Michael Bryan, and later wife of William Alexander Kemp; daughter of 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke. Sitter in 20 portraits. Identify
- Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary von Hofmannsthal (née Paget) (1916-1980), Wife of Raimund von Hofmannsthal; daughter of 6th Marquess of Anglesey. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Lady Diana Matthews (née Legge) (1910-1970), Daughter of William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Lady (Victoria) Margaret Parente (née Cavendish-Bentinck) (1918-1955), Daughter of 7th Duke of Portland; wife of Gaetano Parente, Principe di Castel Viscardo. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
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Events of 1937back to top
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 LondonInternational
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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