Photograph of a full length colour portrait of Queen Elizabeth II seated in the White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace. She faces three-quarters to the right and wears evening dress, fur stole and Queen Mary's Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara.

The windows of the White Drawing Room are thrown open to reveal the gardens of Buckingham Palace, and to admit the natural light which illuminates the figure of The Queen. Many different textures are recorded in the photograph, from the sparkling diamonds in her tiara, the gold brocade of her dress, and the fur draped around her shoulders. This image may hint at Annigoni’s first painted portrait of 1954–5, particularly in The Queen’s contemplative gaze and the spindly trees seen in the distance.