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Press Photo Combine, Fleet Street E.C.4
HM Queen Elizabeth II approaching the Throne Chair before the Coronation ceremony, 1953 2 - 2 Jun 1953
Gelatin silver print | 20.5 x 25.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584764
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Photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth II entering Westminster Abbey for the Coronation service, accompanied by the Archbishops and and her Maids-of-Honour carrying her train towards the altar, watched by members of the congregation in stalls at the back. The throne chair is placed in the centre of the dais. The Maids-of-Honour are Lady Anne Coke (now The Right Honourable The Lady Glenconner), Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill (now Lady Rosemary Muir), Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton (now Lady Mary Russell), Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (now The Right Honourable The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby), Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart (now The Right Honourable Lady Rayne).
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Medium and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
20.5 x 25.3 cm (whole object)
Place of Production
London [Greater London]