King George V and Queen Mary Country Life Magazine Portrait April 26 1926

King George V and Queen Mary at Royal Ascot Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, April 17 1926. LIX No. 1528

The featured frontispiece this week shows King George V and Queen Mary arriving at Royal Ascot during the traditional carriage procession. King George V, who reigned from 1910 to 1936, was the reigning monarch at the time, with Queen Mary as his consort.

• Monarchs: King George V and Queen Mary were the central figures of the British monarchy during the 1920s.
• Carriage Tradition: The royal carriage procession at Ascot is a long-standing tradition, initiated by King George IV in 1825.
• Historical Context: The year 1926 also saw the birth of Princess Elizabeth of York, later Queen Elizabeth II, though she was an infant at the time and not present.

This is an authentic original page from Country Life magazine, part of the iconic series often affectionately referred to as the “Girls in Pearls” portraits — elegant society images that captured a distinctive era of British publishing and portraiture.

Size: Approximately 13.75 x 9 inches (35 x 23 cm)

Condition: Very good for its age. As with all vintage magazine pages, light signs of handling or minor age-related blemishes may be present. Please review the large photo carefully for full condition details.

This original Country Life Magazine frontispiece portrait forms part of The Old Map Shop’s curated archive of society portraits published between 1897 and 2026.