Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom

Exceptional photographic portrait by Dorothy Wilding of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George VI State Diadem and the sash and badge of the Order of the Garter, signed and dated "Elizabeth R, 1953", on original studio mount, loss to top left corner, closed tear to left margin of mount, very light soiling to the white border of the photograph, 59 x 73cm.

***This portrait was taken at a sitting in the year of Elizabeth’s accession to the throne in 1952, and has become one of the defining images of the early years of her reign.