Photograph of Princess Margaret of York seated and facing the front. She holds two bangles in both of her hands and wears a sleeveless dress.

There was only one royal sitting in 1932, but it resulted in a great many successful portraits, including this photograph of Princess Margaret who was nearly two years old at the time. Writing in The Listener in 1939, Adams explained that it is a child’s ever- changing expression that he strove to capture.