A PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR, SIGNED AND DATED

Studio stamp to the lower right corner, signed in the margin Frank Turgeon, the photograph signed and dated King Edward VIII and Wallis Windsor, 1941, framed and glazed in a velvet backed frame with strut support.

Approx size of photograph - 34cm x 26.5cm

Overall size - 52cm x 40cm

Frank L. Turgeon Jr, was a society portrait photographer who worked for Hollywood during the late 1930s, developing the technology and skills to promote himself as a photographer of "landscapes and personalities in natural color" in 1939.  He counted the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, together with John F. Kennedy among his list of celebrated clients, operating numerous studios across the USA, including Palm Beach during the winter months.