Royal Photographs to go on display at The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh
Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer
The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 25 February – 5 June 2011
Over 100 photographs of the Royal Family will go on display at The Queen’s Gallery in Edinburgh next year to celebrate the work of Marcus Adams. Widely acclaimed for his photographic portraits of children, Adams created a unique record of two generations of royal children between 1926 and 1956. The Royal Photograph Collection holds the most comprehensive group of Adams’ royal portraits in existence, providing an enchanting and intimate glimpse of the Royal Family over 30 years. The exhibition includes vintage prints from almost all the royal sittings, many from the personal collection of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Marcus Adams overturned the long tradition of formal portraiture and presented a fresh, natural and vibrant view of royalty. His images were disseminated through newspapers and magazines, postcards, postage stamps, calendars, commemorative china, even appearing on biscuit tins and jigsaw puzzles. Among the exhibition highlights is a series of photographs of Her Majesty The Queen when she was just seven months old.
Marcus Adams’ association with the Royal Family continued after the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in 1947 and the birth of their first son Prince Charles in November 1948. Between them, Prince Charles and Princess Anne (born in August 1950) were photographed by Adams thirteen times between 1949 and 1956. Of his long relationship with the Royal Family, Marcus Adams said, ‘I have had more joy from that family than from any. They are full of fun.’
Visitor information: The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 0131 556 5100 or www.royalcollection.org.uk.
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