Informally royal : Studio Lisa and the Royal Family
Laredo, Rodney2018
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A chance meeting in 1936 gave Lisa and Jimmy Sheridan the opportunity of a lifetime. Keen amateur photographers, their company, Studio Lisa, were engaged by the then Duke and Duchess of York to take informal, casual photographs of them and their young daughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, at their home in Piccadilly. At a time of traditional formality, when it was unheard of for mere commoners to be given such an opportunity, the hiring of Studio Lisa proved to be a revolutionary and popular move on the part of the royals as it humanised them in the eyes of their subjects. They soon struck up an unlikely friendship with Lisa and Jimmy - a friendship that would span over 30 years and yield 13 separate photographic sessions, the latter including Queen Elizabeth's young children.
Main title:
Informally royal : Studio Lisa and the Royal Family / Rodney Laredo.
Author:
Laredo, Rodney, author
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2018.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9780750987936 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1084593
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