The Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth Country Life Magazine Portrait March 22 1930

HRH The Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, March 22 1930. LXVII No. 1731

The featured frontispiece this week is a portrait of H.R.H. The Duchess of York with her young daughter, Princess Elizabeth.

• The Subjects: The Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) holding Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II).
• Princess Elizabeth: At the time of publication in 1930, she was just under four years old, captured here in an intimate early portrait.
• The Photographer: The image was taken by Marcus Adams, a renowned British society photographer particularly celebrated for his portraits of children.
• Royal Significance: Such portraits offered the public a rare and personal glimpse into royal family life during the interwar years.

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.