Paul Lucien Maze
Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade, 1951
Pastel
76.2 x 91.4 cm
30 x 36 in
30 x 36 in
Copyright The Artist's Estate
In 1951, the year that this pastel was executed, Trooping the Colour took place on the King's Official Birthday, Thursday 7 June and was performed by the 3rd Battalion of...
In 1951, the year that this pastel was executed, Trooping the Colour took place on the King's Official Birthday, Thursday 7 June and was performed by the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards.
Representing her father, King George VI, who was absent due to illness, the Salute was taken for the first time by Princess Elizabeth, as the heiress presumptive and Colonel the Grenadier Guards. Riding Winston (1937–1957), the famous police horse named after Winston Churchill, the Princess wore the scarlet tunic of the Grenadier Guards, a dark blue riding skirt and the plumed tricorn hat of a Colonel of the Regiment of 1743. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the following year would be her first Trooping the Colour as Sovereign.
Representing her father, King George VI, who was absent due to illness, the Salute was taken for the first time by Princess Elizabeth, as the heiress presumptive and Colonel the Grenadier Guards. Riding Winston (1937–1957), the famous police horse named after Winston Churchill, the Princess wore the scarlet tunic of the Grenadier Guards, a dark blue riding skirt and the plumed tricorn hat of a Colonel of the Regiment of 1743. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the following year would be her first Trooping the Colour as Sovereign.
