Pamela Chandler (1928-1993) Bust of Elizabeth II, c.1960s

A group of 25 mixed silver gelatin prints, transparencies, negatives, and copy prints, image sizes 6 x6cm (smallest) to 36.4 x 28.cm (largest), one print with Pamela Chandler Studio stamp verso, and one print with Pamela Chandler Photography Collection label on verso. Featuring images of the sculptor Oscar Nemon (1906 -1985) at work on the plaster bust of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, possibly made during the 1960s. Later, Nemon realised a bronze bust from that plaster, which had been lost for over 20 years, and was found in the early 2000s by his sons. In 2009, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the bust in the House of Lords.
Oscar Nemon was one of Britain's best-known sculptors, and during his career produced busts of Sir Winston Churchill, the Queen Mother, and Margaret Thatcher.