Sujet

Admiralty Arch, The Mall, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority, 1953. Creator: JR Uppington.

Légende

Admiralty Arch, The Mall, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority, 1953. A view of Admiralty Arch, floodlit and featuring decorations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, viewed from the Mall at night. The coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2nd June 1953. Along the Mall, four Coronation Arches, designed by Eric Bedford, were erected. Lines of standards mounted with golden crowns, and from which hung scarlet banners bearing the royal cypher, E R, linked the arches. The decorations on Admiralty Arch included the royal cypher between two stylised anchors.

Date

1953

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_182

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,5Mo (3,0Mo) / 45,5cm x 34,4cm / 5378 x 4060 (300dpi)

Mots clés

road building London England event architecture night country British celebrations English decoration celebration celebrating decorations illumination Westminster location century illuminated Britain illuminate illuminations time of day B&W The Mall fifties floodlit Admiralty Arch 1950s lit Up black & white black and white B W 20th century City of Westminster coronation decade royal event TGN photograph Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Princess Elizabeth Queen of Great Britain Queen of Britain (Windsor) Historic England JR Uppington Uppington JR