Vogue: Coronation Number
Date
April 29th, 1937
Credits
- PIERRE ROY 2 Artist
Format
- Magazine 652
Type of Work
- Article(s) 194
Publishers
- vogue 9
Vogue: Coronation Number, 1937, by Pierre Roy.
This Vogue cover was created by Pierre Roy, a french surrealist. In this work, he made sure to emphasize the tradition, rituals, and prosperity of England. This coronation issue for George VI served the purpose of maintaining the reputation of the crown, despite the change in leadership. This cover features typography and illustration prominent in this time. This is a look into the British political culture of the 1930s, vintage and yet timeless in color palette and type.
The Crown in Vogue is an extensively illustrated tribute to the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II and to the British Royal Family from the pages of British Vogue. Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. The Crown in Vogue is the magazine's "special royal salute" to our longest-serving monarch and her "assured and unwavering" presence in the lives of a nation.