Official photograph of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II - 1952 - signed by H.M. in 1959

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Official photograph of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II - 1952 - signed by H.M. in 1959:
$12000.00

In February 1952, just two months after her Ascension to the Throne, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II (wearing a Norman Hartnell Gown with the George IV State Diadem with the Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace, Bahrain Pearl Earrings, and Wedding Gift Bracelet as well as the Order of the Garter), posed for a series of portraits in a sitting for society photographer Dorothy Wilding, with a total of fifty-nine photographs taken by the time of the second sitting in April of the same year.The portraits were the basis of the Queen’s image on coins and postage stamps from 1952 to this day, in Britain and around the Commonwealth. This picture was signed by H.M. in 1959 and was previously owned by the Canadian Ambassador in Cairo, Egypt, issued by the Office of the High Commission for Canada, Canada House, Trafalgar Square in London.Dimensions: 18.1 x 12.1 inch in original frame.Insured shipping.