'Rock' of romance
- Made:
- 20 February 1952 in New York county
Silver gelatin print by Planet News Ltd., titled "'Rock' of romance", 20 February 1952. Printed caption on verso reads: "New York: Screen beauty Elizabeth Taylor wore this engagement ring which she bought herself - 'because Mike didn't have the dollars to get me one' - when she left by air for London to marry British actor Michael Wilding. The huge sapphire is circled with two rows of diamonds, sparkles on her 'third-finger-left-hand'. Elizabeth, who flew in to London airport hours after schedule as her plane was delayed, expects to wed Wilding, who is 41, on Friday. Elizabeth is 20 on February 27th".
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/31496
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product), silver (metal) and gelatin
- Measurements:
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overall: 232 mm x 178 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford