Admiralty Arch, London, decorated for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.
Category
Photographs
Date
1923 - 1958
Materials
Photographic film, Glass, Paper
Measurements
83 x 83 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520861
Summary
A Dufaycolor film transparency, mounted in a glass lantern slide, depicting Admiralty Arch, London, with admiralty flags, and decorations to commerate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. The glass slide is bound on four sides with black paper tape and the top edge has the addition of a white paper tape. The image has been surrounded by a black paper mount on the rear glass.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986