Title
Portrait of King George VI
Year/Period
c.1936-1952
Region
Singapore
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints
Material
photographic paper, ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Image size: 75.5 x 56.5 cm
Accession No.
2012-00413
Collection of
NLB Type
Photograph
This portrait of King George VI was received from the Istana on 22 July 1970. King George VI (1895-1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 1936 until his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
