Title

Selfridges, Oxford Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority, 1953. Creator: JR Uppington.

Caption

Selfridges, Oxford Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority, 1953. Two banners with quotes from Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II positioned on either side of a statue of Elizabeth II on a horse, with a portrait of Elizabeth I behind, on the exterior of Selfridges. The two banners which were erected outside Selfridges displayed quotes from Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II which highlighted their different tones when faced with the duty of monarchy. The statue shows Elizabeth II on her horse, Winston.

Date

1953

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM21B16_190

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,3Mb (3,0Mb) / 17,9in x 13,5in / 5376 x 4052 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal London England event animals horses horse shopping shop shops arts flag flags country statue statues art British celebrations English celebration celebrating Westminster location century banner banners Britain literature department store B&W Oxford Street standard fifties 1950s black & white black and white B W emporium equestrian statue quote 20th century City of Westminster coronation decade royal event Selfridge's TGN Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth II winston Princess Elizabeth street photograph Queen of England Elizabeth I Elizabeth Tudor Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Queen of Britain (Windsor) Queen Bess Elizabeth I of England Historic England JR Uppington Uppington JR Queen Elizabe