Original Press Photo Princess Margaret Meets the Mods and Rockers
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Date: 10 April 1964
Copyright: MIRRORPIC
Original press photo of Princess Margaret on Thursday 8-4-64, meeting the “Mods”, the “Rockers” – and the “beat-generation” artists. With her husband, Tony Armstrong-Jones, Princess Margaret – who is expecting her second child – went to the Whitechapel Gallery, in London’s East End, to see a revolutionary art exhibition, ” The New Generation: 1964 “,
She chatted with the artists, their wives, and art students for two hours at the gallery’s special viewing last night ( 9-4-64 ). She met the “Mods” girls dressed in long ankle-length skirts with gay, frilly blouses and shoulder-length hair, Princess Margaret was dressed in a smart blue maternity cocktail dress.
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Dimensions:Â 21,5 x 16,5 cm
Condition: Dog ear in the lower right corner, some creases, impression on verso visible on recto, uneven left edge.
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