TitleQueen Elizabeth IiObject TypePortraitShellharbour City CouncilDescriptionTwo portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.
A. Coloured portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing full length cream beaded dress with pearls and diamond drops. She is wearing three string pearls, engagement and wedding rings, bangle. Sovereign Medal on dark blue ribbon pinned to frock. Tiara - The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara was given to the future Queen Mary as a wedding present in 1893. The diamond tiara was purchased from Garrard, the London jeweller, by a committee organised by Lady Eve Greville. In 1947, Mary gave the tiara to her granddaughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II, as a wedding present. The tiara was described by Leslie Field as "a diamond festoon-and-scroll design surmounted by nine large oriental pearls on diamond spikes and set on a bandeau base of alternate round and lozenge collets between two plain bands of diamonds". Queen Elizabeth II originally wore the tiara without the base and still usually wears it without the pearls. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the tiara, designed by Arnold Machin, has appeared on many Commonwealth currencies, including those of Britain, Australia, Jamaica, Canada and Ceylon.
B. Coloured photo same as above only Queen Elizabeth II is seated. Background of birds and foliage wall paper.
These portraits once hung in the Shellharbour Council Chambers at Warilla.DonorShellharbour City Council
CHARACTERISTICS
MaterialPaper and inkDimensions61 cm x 51 cm and 38cm x 30 cm
