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Painting of Queen Elizabeth by Anthony Devas

This painting which is certain to provoke discussion throughout the world will occupy a place of honour at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition which opens at Burlington House, London, on 3 May 1958. It is an almost revolutionary departure from all previous representations of the Queen; it turns away from fairy tale romanticism and presents to the viewer a Queen of impressive majesty. It shows her mature and self confident, no longer merely a beautiful young woman but now in every sense a sovereign and head of a great nation and Commonwealth. The features are characteristically Windsor, much like the Princess Royal, the Queen's aunt; her bearing vividly calls to mind the Royal dignity of the late Queen Mary, her grandmother. The Queen, in an iridescent sheath dress (she first wore it during a state visit to the United States in 1957) wears the blue sash of the Order of the Garter, a delicate tiara and, in a manner that might revive a fashion, she holds in her right hand a fan. The Queen sat for the painter at Buckingham Palace, posing on the one occasion for one and a half hours. The position her Majesty chosen was near a window overlooking the Mall; the passing scene, one of the pleasantest settings in London, never failed to hold her interest and cause lively comment. The painting was commissioned by the Honourable Artillery Company of which her Majesty is Captain General. The painter, Anthony Devas, ARA, RP, who is [?] 47, has been prominent among English portraitists for many years. Painting by Anthony Devas, please acknowledge

Agency: Camera Press London

Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip

Princess Anne when she was nearly 8 years old in June 1958, on the balcony of Buckingham Palaceafter the traditional ceremony of Trooping the Colour. Princess Anne wedding series: this is one of a series of photographs of Her Royal Highness Princess Anne issued for publication in connection with her forthcoming marriage to Captain Mark Phillips

Broadcast Date: September 1973

Agency: Central Press Photos

Drawing of the Queen on horseback

The Queen on Horseback at Windsor, drawing by Comte Xavier de Poret. After seeing some of the Comte de Poret's work, the Queen commissioned him to portray herself and the Royal children on horseback. Her Majesty posed in Windsor Great Park on her mare, Betsy, Prince Charles on his pony Greensleeves and Princess Anne on her pony William. To complete this work the artist stayed at Windsor for two weeks. The Comte de Poret, who was born in 1894, began drawing as a child. He came to specialise in pictures of birds and animals and continued to draw in spare moments, even during the 1914 - 1918 war in which he served in the French Dragoons and in the Cuirassiers a Pied. He is particularly fond of horses and is himself a keen huntsman. The Queen is seen bare headed, in riding habit and boots, on her horse Betsy which was a present from the Portuguese people to commemorate her visit to their country in 1957. Whilst the Queen herself gave the artist several sittings, a girl groom from the royal mews stood in for her to enable the Comte de Poret to complete the details

ITN Reference: 16/ELI/12

Agency: Camera Press London

Princess Margaret in the back of a car

Princess Margaret Returns to Town. Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret is shown in her car as she left Liverpool Street Station for Clarence House this morning. She was returning from vacation at Sandringham. Not [?] style and hat fashion

ITN Reference: 35/MAR/5

Agency: International News Photos

Photographer: Monte Fresco Junior

"Away!" Christmas greeting

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 9,155 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. Includes wood engravings by Stefan Martin. This was one of the 660 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender. The poem was collected in "The Clearing" published 1962

Prince Charles in school uniform

Prince Charming: Charles of Cheam! Cheam, Monday. A library picture of Prince Charles the day after the Queen named him as the Prince of Wales. The happy Prince, wearing his Cheam School cap, strides back to the Berkshire school after attending morning service in church

Broadcast Date: 24 November 1980

Agency: Press Association

Princess Margaret official portrait

This new portrait of Princess Margaret by Cecil Beaton, shows her in the drawing room of Clarence House, her London residence. The Princess is wearing a gown of cream tulle and gold lace. The necklace and earrings are turquoise. At her side is an Azalea plant

Broadcast Date: 18 April 1958

ITN Reference: 35/MAR/10

Agency: Associated Press

Photographer: Cecil Beaton

The Duke of Edinburgh

This new portrait of His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was taken in the White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, by Canadian photographer Donald McKague. The Duke is wearing the uniform of the Royal Canadian Regiment, with the rank of Honorary Colonel-in-Chief. On the Garter Sash, with Star, is the badge of the Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire

Broadcast Date: 28 April 1959

ITN Reference: 16/EDI/10

Agency: Camera Press

Photographer: Donald McKague of Toronto

Painting of Queen Elizabeth by Edward Halliday

This portrait of her Majesty was painted by Edward Halliday as a companion piece to his portrait of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Both portraits were commissioned by the officers of the Royal Air Force station at Henlow, Bedfordshire; they are to be unveiled at a guest night, attended by the artist, at the Officer's Mess on 22 January 1959, by Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter L Dawson, Air Member of Supply and Organisation. The Queen is depicted wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter over an ivory slipper satin gown encrusted with floral decorations. Around her neck is worn the Garter Collar which is of gold and consists of 24 pieces showing the Garter surrounding a Tudor Rose. Twenty four knots of chased gold join the pieces together; affixed to the lowest point is a pendant known as The George, which is an enamelled figure depicting St George and the dragon. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will fly to Canada on the 18 June for a six week visit, during which time her Majesty will open the St Lawrence Seaway. Mr Halliday has previously portrayed the Queen a number of times; he has been president of the Royal Society of Portrait Artists since 1956

Broadcast Date: 23 January 1959 and 24 January 1972

ITN Reference: 16/ELI/16

Agency: Camera Press London

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