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Accession Number

NAM.2019-08-5-173-1

Description

Correspondence relating to a portrait of King George VI by Oswald Birley and a photographic copy, 1950-52. The correspondence relates to a portrait commissioned of King George by the Coldstream Guards and the King's subsequent disapproval of the portrait, not agreeing to reproductions of the portrait. In addition, the Queen Mother's inspection of the portrait following the death of the King. From the Coldstream Guards Archive.