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Frederick Thurston & Son (active 1883-1940s)
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret riding a rocking horse at St Paul’s Walden Bury, August 1932 Aug 1932
Gelatin silver print | 35.5 x 24.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2999918
Frederick Thurston & Son (active 1883-1940s)
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret riding a rocking horse at St Paul’s Walden Bury, August 1932 Aug 1932
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Informal photographic portrait of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) (left) seated in front of Princess Elizabeth (b.1926) on a rocking horse. Both Princesses face the viewer. Taken at St Paul's Walden Bury. Framed photograph. This portrait of the two Princesses was taken in the nursery at St Paul’s Walden Bury, the country home of the Bowes Lyon family in Hertfordshire. When Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was a child, she had played with the same rocking horse.
Provenance
Acquired by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
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Medium and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
35.5 x 24.6 cm (image)
43.0 x 34.0 cm (frame, external)
Alternative title(s)
TRH Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret of York, 1932. [Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Collection]
