Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth Country Life Magazine Portrait June 7 1930

Her Majesty Queen Mary with Princess Elizabeth Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, June 7 1930. LXVII No. 1742

The featured frontispiece this week is titled “Her Majesty the Queen, with Princess Elizabeth, leaving the Royal Tournament at Olympia”.

• The Subjects: Queen Mary (1867–1953), Queen consort of King George V, accompanied by her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II).
• The Occasion: The photograph captures the royal pair leaving the Royal Tournament at Olympia, a major military and social event in London.
• Princess Elizabeth: Shown here as a young child, she would later become one of Britain’s longest-reigning monarchs.
• Royal Context: Such appearances offered the public a glimpse of royal family life, reinforcing the monarchy’s visibility and connection with national events.

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.