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W Lockeyear (active 1949)

Regal Great Grandmother 15 - 15 Dec 1948

Gelatin silver print | 24.3 x 20.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2081627

Description

Photograph showing Queen Mary with Prince Charles as a baby on her lap on the day of his christening in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, seated facing half to the right, wears a black dress and a black hat. She holds the sleeping baby on her left forearm while her right hand rests on the Prince's christening gown. Fireplace in the background.

Provenance

Presented to King George VI by the President of the Royal Photographic Society
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection W Lockeyear (active 1949)
(photographer)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Mary of the United Kingdom (1867-1953)

Search the collection View the person page HM King Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (b. 1948)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Gelatin silver print

gelatin silver print

Measurements

24.3 x 20.1 cm (image)

30.0 x 33.0 cm (page dimensions)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Greater London [England]
London [Greater London]
City of Westminster [London]
Buckingham Palace
Music Room [Buckingham Palace]
Science, Medicine and Technology
Construction
Structural parts of buildings
Fireplaces

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