MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953)
The end of Coronation week, Buckingham Palace
14 May 1937RCIN 453458
When King Edward VIII abdicated after a reign of less than eleven months, his younger brother – the Duke of York – unexpectedly became King, and the Duchess his Queen Consort. This drawing by the topographical artist Muirhead Bone, which Queen Elizabeth purchased in 1942, shows the crowds outside Buckingham Palace. They had come to cheer the new King and Queen, who can just be seen on the balcony