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Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 - 2022

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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
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 9/14
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).
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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 9/16
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).
 Sub-Sub-Series

Hype Greetings Cards, 1991

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/4/3
Scope and Contents Examples of 39 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 there is a message, which is usually a humourous insult directed at the individual(s) on the front...
Dates: 1991
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Key Rings, c late 1980s

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/9
Scope and Contents

A file holding photographic material connected to merchandise key rings, designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/452-460). These key rings are in the shape of the heads of various British politicians and royal family members, and international politicians. There are eight strips of 63mm colour transparencies that feature publicity shots, and there are four polaroids that hold images of what appears to be the silicone masters for some of the key rings.

Dates: c late 1980s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Large and Mounted Photographs, 1986-c early 2000s

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/7
Scope and Contents A portfolio holding 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
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Item

Leaving Government House, 1953

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070D/3
Scope and Contents

241 x 194 mm. Showing the Queen and Prince Philip leaving Government House in a horse drawn landau.

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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Leaving grounds of Sessions House, 1953

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070D/4
Scope and Contents

241 x 194 mm. Showing the Queen and Prince Philip waving as they leave the Sessions House in a horse drawn landau.

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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Marxism Today, 1984, 1988

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/3
Scope and Contents Two issues of the British political magazine, Marxism Today. The following issues are present:1. July 1984 - the front cover bears a photographic illustration featuring the Spitting Image puppets of members of the British royal family (SI/100).2. December 1988 - pages 42 and 43 contain an article that includes an interview with Roger Law, amongst others, which covers his plans for the upcoming year and the books he...
Dates: Publication: 1984; Publication: 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Series

Miscellaneous Items, 1979, 1985 - 1997

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/4
Scope and Contents Published material produced by various organisations, the contents of which have some relation to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited or Roger Law. The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-series:1. A blue album that contains tearsheets of magazine front covers, and examples of advert posters for Mannesmann Tally printers. These items feature...
Dates: Publication: 1979; Publication: 1985 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Sub-Series

Miscellaneous Magazines with Commissioned Work, 1975 - 1982

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12
Scope and Contents An assortment of British and international magazines, along with tearsheets, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue November-December 1975 of the magazine, Drive, published by the British motoring association, The AA. Pages 16 to 22 feature illustrations that accompany an article about the MOT test. The photographic image was taken by Bob Cramp (L+F/90 (a)-(b)).2. Issue...
Dates: Publication: 1975 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
 Fonds

Newscuttings on Royal Visit to South Africa, 1947

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 335
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of articles regarding the Royal Tour of 1947 taken from editions of four South African newspapers.

Dates: 2004
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).
 Fonds

Newspapers on Royal Visit to Nigeria, 1956

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 327
Scope and Contents

Editions of four newspapers containing articles on the Royal Visit.

Dates: 1956-01-12 - 1956-02-17
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).
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Newsweek, 1986

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/4
Scope and Contents Two 1986 issues of the American weekly news magazine, Newsweek. The following issues are present:1. 27 January - page 11 has an article on Spitting Image, which is accompanied by an image of some of the British royal family puppets.2. 1 September - page 77 has an article on the Spitting Image NBC special episode, Down and Out in the White House. This article is...
Dates: Publication: 1986
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Order of service for Queen's coronation, 1953

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/7/6a
Scope and Contents

The order of divine service for Tuesday 2nd June 1953.

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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Order of service for Queen's coronation, 1953

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 348/2/7/6b
Scope and Contents

The order of divine service for Tuesday 2nd June 1953.

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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Panorama, 1976 - 1980

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/5
Scope and Contents 24 full issues and a tearsheet of the Dutch men's weekly magazine, Panorama, which feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. The majority of the illustrations are part of a series, Koppen Kast, which ran every other week throughout 1977. This series depicted various Dutch and international politicians, British and Dutch royals, Dutch celebrities and other figures in a humorous fashion.The...
Dates: Publication: 1976 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
 Sub-Fonds

Papers on the Queen's visit to Auckland, 1953, 1953

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/57
Scope and Contents

A three-page memorandum by S.J. Robinson on the Queen's visit, enclosed with a letter to A.J. Whiteway of 30 December 1953. There is also a letter to Robinson from Martin Charteris, 28 December 1953, enclosing a photograph, included in this collection, of the Queen's visit to his home. The letters and memorandum are undated typescript copies.

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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Photograph album, 1958 - 1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/STJN 8/1/1
Scope and Contents Titled "Hovercraft". Including photographs of the SR N1, 1958 (1); the SR N2, 1960 (3); Richard Stanton-Jones with Jawaharlal Nehru and the Earl and Countess Mountbatten, 1962 (2); a press cutting about the SR N3, 1963 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with Queen Elizabeth II, 1965 (4); press cuttings about the SR N4 cross-Channel service between Ramsgate and Calais, 1965 (4); the SR N6, 1965 (1); a press cutting about the hovercraft service in Oakland and San Francisco, California,...
Dates: 1958 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. A small number of files are closed pending review and these closures are marked in the catalogue.
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Photograph Computer Printouts, c late 2010s-c early 2020s

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/14/8
Scope and Contents A file holding computer printouts of three photographs: The first printout contains a black and white photograph, originally taken in the late 1960s or early 1970s, which features Roger Law, David King and John Holder, the latter a tutor at the Cambridge School of Art. The three are chairing a question and answer session, following a lecture given by Law and King at the school. This printout is annotated.The second printout contains a black and white photograph taken during the...
Dates: c late 2010s-c early 2020s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Photographs, 1987

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/2/4/2
Scope and Contents A file holding large black and white photographs for four of the puppet illustrations that appear in either the British or American version of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: 1. Three copies of an image featuring Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, one of which is accompanied by an overlay with cropping and other instructions (SI/169); this image appears in the British...
Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Series

Photographs, c late 1960s-c early 1980s

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/1
Scope and Contents An assortment of colour and black and white photographs, in a variety of sizes and formats, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in magazines and newspapers. There is also a scrapbook that holds polaroids with raw images of models produced by Roger Law, dating back to the late 1960s, prior to the partnership; the final few pages also hold such photographs of Luck & Flaw models. Also present is a set of 30 polaroids that document the making of...
Dates: c late 1960s-c early 1980s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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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Photographs of the Royal Family, 1947 - 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/COWL A
Scope and Contents Includes: The return of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh from their Commonwealth tour, 15 May 1954 Royal Wedding, 20 Nov 1947 The Queen presenting Coronation medals to Commonwealth troops, 3 June ?1953 Royal Tour of the Caribbean, 1953-54 The Christening of Princess Anne, 21 Oct 1950 The Spithead Review, 15 June 1953 The Queen with the Dominion Prime Ministers (includes Churchill), 1 Jun 1953 The State opening of Parliament, 4 Nov 1952 Laying the...
Dates: 1947 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Presentation of Address, 1953

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070D/1
Scope and Contents

241 x 194 mm. A photograph taken inside the Assembly House where various dignitaries and officials are gathered. The Queen and Prince Philip are seated at the head of the room with the Governor, Lieut-General Sir Alexander Hood, while two bewigged officials hand the address to the Queen.

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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