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Marcus Adams (1875-1959)
Queen Elizabeth with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, 9 April 1940 9 - 9 Apr 1940
Gelatin silver print | 23.7 x 17.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2943803
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Photograph of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900-2002), when Queen Elizabeth, with HM Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1926), when Princess Elizabeth, standing left and Princess Margaret (1930-2002), standing right, leaning her head against the Queen. This family group was taken during Adams's first royal sitting after the outbreak of the Second World War. Princess Elizabeth was nearly fourteen and Princess Margaret nine. Both girls were educated at home; Princess Elizabeth, being heir presumptive, also received more specialised tuition in such subjects as constitutional history and law.
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Commissioned by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Acquired by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Gelatin silver print
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23.7 x 17.1 cm (image)
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