Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography

Charming and informative exhibition at the King’s Gallery looking at royal portrait photographs since the 1920s.

The show worked on many layers. It was a history of the royal family over the period, a look at the development of the technology and style of photography and a discussion of how photographs can be used to promote an image.

It was nicely displayed with good, clearly written labels. I could have done with a family tree particularly for the late Queen’s cousins which might have helped with the multiple names used for one person eg Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon = The Queen ( till 1952) = The Queen Mother. The show cleverly used the name which was used at the time the picture was taken.


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