Exquisite pair of vintage matte-finish portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip—the Elizabeth photo by Dorothy Wilding shows the queen seated and wearing a strapless dress with the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter, a Lesser George at the waist, and the Diamond Diadem crown, signed on the original 8.5 x 11.25 studio mount in fountain pen, "Elizabeth R, 1954"; the Philip photo by Baron Studios (Sterling Henry Nahum) portrays the prince in a handsome seated pose attired in his Admiral of the Fleet uniform, signed on the original 8.25 x 11.25 studio mount in fountain pen, "Philip, 1954." The backing of the Elizabeth photo features a Wilding studio stamp and is numbered in pencil, “015957-W, 6888” and the Philip back is numbered “53/1317/1092-1, 6888.” In overall very good to fine condition, with light staining to the bottom edge of the Elizabeth mount, and light silvering to the darker areas of both images. Accompanied by a copy of a transmittal letter from Private Secretary Martin Charteris, dated April 17, 1954, forwarding the photographs to Arthur Harper, who, in turn, will be presenting them to a “Mr. Kerridge,” in part: "The Queen is delighted to send him these photographs, and I enclose them with this letter. I would be most grateful if you could send them to Mr. Kerridge and say that The Queen wishes him to have them in memory of the occasion when he organized the cinema evenings in New Zealand." A beautiful pair of royal portraits of the world's most recognized couple.
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