Black-and-white photograph of Princess Margaret seated with her back against a column overlooking a garden. She turns to face the viewer. On her lap is seated a dog. Flowers in the background.

After their first sitting in 1949, Cecil Beaton portrayed Princess Margaret individually on five further occasions in the 1950s. This photograph shows an informal side to the princess with her dog Pippin, a Sealyham terrier. This portrait was taken at Clarence House, the London residence Princess Margaret shared with her mother, and was released to the press to mark the princess’s 25th birthday.