Stunning vintage matte-finish 6 x 8 portrait of Princess Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, affixed to its original 10.25 x 15 studio mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen, "Elizabeth, 1945." The remarkable photograph portrays the princess in her Auxiliary Territorial Service officer's uniform during World War II. Reverse bears an affixed Dorothy Wilding label. In fine condition, with a bit of faint silvering darker areas of the image. In February 1945, the 18-year-old Elizabeth was appointed as an honorary second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army. She trained as a driver and mechanic and was awarded the rank of honorary junior commander five months later. A magnificent official portrait of the soon-to-be queen during a dutiful period of her youth.
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