Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926 - 2022
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
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1983 Pilot Episode Artwork, 1982 - 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing a bundle of working drawings for the unaired 1983 Spitting Image pilot episode. This bundle includes drawings for: hand puppets, puppets, and sets (SI/602 to 652, and SI/663).
Dates:
1982 - 1983
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A Basuto Chief greeting His Majesty the King on the occasion of the Royal visit to Basutoland, 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O/120
Scope and Contents
154 x 114 mm. Showing King George V shaking hands with a Basuto chief, with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, standing behind the king on the dais. Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, can be seen in the background.
Dates:
1947
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From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, 1960-c 1968, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/7
Scope and Contents
A box containing four sub-files, which hold photographic material connected to the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, which was published in November 1992. The following are present:1. A bundle of four black and white photographs from the 1960s: a photo of Roger Law, Peter Fluck, Deirdre Amsden and others by the Scarborough shore, 1960; a group photo of the aforementioned with...
Dates:
1960-c 1968; 1992
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Athena Cards, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/4/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing examples of five one-sided cards, produced by Athena Cards International, which feature photographic images of plasticine model illustrations made by Spitting Image Productions Limited, and bearing the Spitting Image logo. The following individuals are represented on these cards: Prince Charles [now King Charles III] (SI/42); Leonard Nimoy as the Star Trek character, Spock (SI/103); Sylvester Stallone as the film...
Dates:
1988
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Calendar, 1987
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/3
Scope and Contents
A 1988 Spitting Image calendar. The item features plasticine model illustrations by Spitting Image Productions Limited on the cover and for each month (SI/31, 107 to 17; and L+F/107), with further artwork designed by the company, Shape of Things. The calendar was printed by Danilo Publishing Limited.
Dates:
1987
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Commonwealth Royal Tour, 1953-1954
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 320
Scope and Contents
The principal part of the collection is a set of programmes and guides prepared for the different legs of the Royal Tour. These are supplemented by related correspondence and papers compiled by the Royal Empire Society and others. The collection is in English with the exception of one item in English and Arabic.
Dates:
1953 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Exit from Sessions House, 1953
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070D/2
Scope and Contents
195 x 241 mm. Showing the Queen, Prince Philip and Sir Alexander Hood leaving the Sessions House.
Dates:
1953
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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File Bundle, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/5/2
Scope and Contents
A box containing material relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, The Giant Komic Book. The contents of this box have been split into two sub-files. The first sub-file has a paperback copy of the book, two proofs for the rejected cover design for the publication, and a promotional t-shirt. The second sub-file has a bundle of artwork by Neville Astley for an animated stamp sequence, featuring Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher, which...
Dates:
1988
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File Bundle, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to the publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: a paperback copy of the British version of the book, published by Century Hutchinson Limited; a cover proof for the British version; a paperback copy of the American version of the book, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; and contracts for Ben Elton and Heathcote Williams, as additional writers for the publication.
Dates:
1987
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Film 1, 31 Jan. 1947-17 Feb. 1947
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 358/1
Scope and Contents
This film (part one of a two-part film) records the Royal party leaving Buckingham Palace on January 31st 1947 to cheering crowds and boarding a train at Waterloo Station for Portsmouth. It records the Royal party boarding HMS Vanguard, entertainment on deck during the voyage, and their arrival at Cape Town on February 17th 1947.
Dates:
31 Jan. 1947-17 Feb. 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Copyright: British Film Institute. Permission has been obtained from the British Film Institute for the films to be made available for research and teaching within the University of Cambridge.
Please contact the RCS curator (rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk) for further details. For copyright reasons, the films can be viewed upon request only and in person at Cambridge University Library. All other requests to use any part of the films must be addressed to the British Film Institute.
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Film 2, Feb. 1947
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 358/2
Scope and Contents
This film (second part of a two-part film) records the Royal Party's visit to Kenilworth Racecourse, near Cape Town, the opening by the King of the Ninth Union Parliament, and the Royal Party's visit to Port Elizabeth. It closes with a brief African dancing scene.
Dates:
Feb. 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Copyright: British Film Institute. Permission has been obtained from the British Film Institute for the films to be made available for research and teaching within the University of Cambridge.
Please contact the RCS curator (rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk) for further details. For copyright reasons, the films can be viewed upon request only and in person at Cambridge University Library. All other requests to use any part of the films must be addressed to the British Film Institute.
Fonds
Film footage of the visit of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to the Union of South Africa
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 358
Scope and Contents
Two 8 mm cine films (without sound) entitled Royal Tour of South Africa, part 1 no.82005 and Royal Tour of South Africa, part 2 no. 82006. Film type: Cine Kodagraph Eight.
Dates:
February-April 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Copyright: British Film Institute. Permission has been obtained from the British Film Institute for the films to be made available for research and teaching within the University of Cambridge.
Please contact the RCS curator (rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk) for further details. For copyright reasons, the films can be viewed upon request only and in person at Cambridge University Library. All other requests to use any part of the films must be addressed to the British Film Institute.
For a longer version of the film, including sound and additional material, please see the British Film Institute’s Colonial Film website:
http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/1064
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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General Advertisements and Posters, 1975-c 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio containing a number of advertisements/posters for a variety of companies and organisations, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations and other work by the partnership. Also found within this portfolio are large photographs with illustrations, and photographic proofs for Clouded Tiger Cards postcards.The following are present:1. An advertisement proof for the Dutch advertising company, PPGH/Moussault, which has a representation of John...
Dates:
Publication: 1975-c 1983
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Advertisements
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General Bundle of Magazines and Journals, 1984 - 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/13
Scope and Contents
Issues and tearsheets for various British and International magazines, journals and other publications; which contain articles and/or images relating to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited and its various activities, Roger Law or Peter Fluck. In some cases, Spitting Image is merely mentioned in passing. The following items are present:1. Tearsheets from the 14 December 1985 (No. 25/26) issue of the Dutch...
Dates:
Publication: 1984 - 1997
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General Transparencies, 1983 - 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which mostly feature images of Spitting Image puppets. These images were produced for a number of purposes, including, but not limited to: Spitting Image merchandise; use in external publications and corporate literature; and general use by the media. There are also transparencies and related photographic...
Dates:
1983 - 1997
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Goodbye!, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/7
Scope and Contents
A file containing a copy of the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Goodbye!, published by TMP Communications in 1992. This publication is a satirical take on the British celebrity news magazine, Hello!, and its contents focus mainly on the British royal family and its activities, particularly a scandal surrounding Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and her financial advisor, John Bryan. The photographic images found on the...
Dates:
1992
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Goodbye!, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/2/2
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing eight original artwork pieces produced by members of the Spitting Image Workshop, including David Stoten, which featured in the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Goodbye!, published in 1992. Most of the artwork are mounted, and are drawings in either pencil, pen and wash or coloured pastel.
The items in the visifile are labelled with their original 'SI' reference number.
Dates:
1992
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Goodbye!, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/6
Scope and Contents
A file holding numerous sleeves of photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which contain puppet illustrations featured in the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Goodbye!, published in 1992. The photographer of these images are unknown, and could either be John Lawrence Jones, Andy de Emmony, Steve Bendelack or another individual.The sleeves and other items are labelled...
Dates:
1992
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Harry de Zitter Transparencies, c late 1980s-c early 1990s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/14
Scope and Contents
A file containing three plastic sleeves holding 63mm photographic transparencies, which are mounted on black card. The images have been taken by photographer, Harry de Zitter, and feature Spitting Image puppets of the following individuals, but are not limited to: President George H. Bush, Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel Gaddafi, Pope John Paul II, President Richard Nixon, Richard Pryor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Barbra Streisand, and The Most Reverend...
Dates:
c late 1980s-c early 1990s
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H.M. the Queen visiting Malayan stand, British Industries Fair, Earls Court, May 1953, 1953-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/13
Scope and Contents
245 x 198 mm. Showing Queen Elizabeth II inspecting exhibits at the stand, escorted by Peter Thorneycroft (1909-), President of the Board of Trade 1951-1957, and Wilfrid Arthur Ward (1892-1981), Commissioner for Malaya in the U.K. 1948-1953.
Dates:
1953-05
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From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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H.M. The Queen visiting Malayan stand, British Industries Fair, Earls Court, May 1953, 1953-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/14
Scope and Contents
245 x 198 mm. Showing the Queen inspecting a plate (probably Kelantan silverware) held by W.A. Ward, with Peter Thorneycroft standing in the background.
Dates:
1953-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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H.M. The Queen visiting Malayan stand, British Industries Fair, Earls Court, May 1953, 1953-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/15
Scope and Contents
Showing the Queen looking at Malayan silverware with the Duke of Edinburgh, Mr and Mrs W.A. Ward and Peter Thorneycroft.
Dates:
1953-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
H.M. The Queen visiting Malayan stand, British Industries Fair, Earls Court, May 1953, 1953-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/16
Scope and Contents
247 x 190 mm.
Dates:
1953-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hype Greetings Cards, 1991
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
A box containing examples of 38 greetings cards produced by Hype Associates Limited. These cards have photographic images on their front covers, which feature illustrations of Spitting Image puppets and plasticine models of various politicians and celebrities, along with a small amount of earlier plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw. Inside each card is a message, which is usually a humourous insult directed at the individual(s) on the front...
Dates:
1991
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Large and Mounted Photographs, 1986-c early 2000s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/7
Scope and Contents
A portfolio containing large and/or mounted photographs that feature mainly Spitting Image-related illustrations and images, either material connected to merchandise, external publications or other activities engaged in by Spitting Image Productions Limited. Some of the photographic prints are contemporaneous with when they were originally shot, and others are later reprints. The later reprints may be dated beyond the SIPL era (1983-1998).There is also a...
Dates:
1986-c early 2000s
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