Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Important Photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection
Queen Elizabeth with Corgis (Heater), 1967
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September 14, 12:07 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Important Photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection
David Montgomery
Queen Elizabeth with Corgis (Heater), 1967
Chromogenic print, printed later. Signed and numbered 9/25 in pencil on the verso. Matted. (unframed)
image: 46 by 30.7cm.; 18 by 12in.
sheet: 50.8 by 40.6 cm.; 20 by 16 in.
“When I first saw these images I had to meet their creator. I tracked David Montgomery down and so began our long collaboration and friendship. David first came to London as an assistant to a photographer in the early 1960’s and decided that he wanted to make London his home and started his own career there. One
day he gets a call from “The Observer” newspaper for a special assignment to photograph Her Royal Highness with the brief to show The Queen as a real living person who can do everyday things. He was so terrified that he initially turned the job down and after being screamed at by his wife he called back and agreed to do it. The rest is history. I have never seen any other photos of The Queen that show her
“normalness." I am always awestruck by this first image. One would think The Queen with her large household staff would be sitting in front of a beautiful handmade log fire. Why is she in front of a $20 drug store electric heater?” – Peter Fetterman