Finished 1st November 2018

1000 Pieces

Queen Elizabeth II

in her coronation robe

Coronation Photograph by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

2.6.1953

"She is seated facing left and looks towards the camera. She holds the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand and Orb in her left. She is wearing an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell (1901-1979), a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace and the Imperial State Crown. She poses against a backdrop depicting the interior of Westminster Abbey. Colour transparency | 25.1 x 20.1 cm" (source)