Queen Elizabeth II: Portraits by Cecil Beaton

Author(s): Susannah Brown

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Photographer, costume designer, avid diarist - Cecil Beaton was also a 'romantic royalist' whose glittering photographs of Queen Elizabeth II became among the most widely published portraits of the twentieth century. This fascinating book explores Beaton's long relationship with the Queen and the royal family, and describes how his royal portraits shaped the monarchy's public image from the 1930s to the late 1960s. It is a celebration of Beaton, the enduring flair of his portraits, and the myriad sources of inspiration that resulted in photographs so powerful that they moulded the world's perception of a princess, monarch and mother.

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Susanna Brown is Curator of Photographs at the V&A. Her recent V&A displays include The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society (2010) and Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography (2011).

General Fields

  • : 9781851776542
  • : V & A Publishing
  • : V & A Publishing
  • : 0.912
  • : August 2011
  • : 270mm X 216mm X 18mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : October 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Susannah Brown
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : 770.92
  • : 128
  • : ill