Walter Carone was a mid 19th century Italian-French photographer. During the later stages of his career he was employed by numerous French publications such as Cinévie, France Dimanche, Point de Vue, Elle and Paris Match and was best known for his portraits of celebrities, and coverage of people attending the early years of the Cannes Film Festival.
Catherine Deneuve and Walter Carone
In 1954 he and Queen Elizabeth visited Gibraltar – separately. She was on her way back to England at the end of a lengthy Commonwealth tour. It was her last port of call . He was there to photograph her. From a French magazine editor’s point of view the Queen was undoubtedly a celebrity and Carone obliged accordingly. Nevertheless I have chosen to post only a small selection of the photographs he took by leaving out those in which the Queen and other local dignitaries are the main subjects and concentrating on those that show off the Rock.
Acknowledging the crowd – hidden on the bottom right of the picture – from the Convent
A view from the Moorish Castle (see LINK) of the Casemates and the North Mole
Gibraltar’s Sunderland flying boat
Close-up of the Galleries (See LINK)
The Royal Navy - and others - at play
Directing traffic - precariously - at the entrance to the Market place – a fountain would eventually be built on the rubble
Just checking – although I don’t know what
Waiting for a plane to land or take off from the runway that cuts across the road from Spain to Gibraltar
A close-up of the Rock
The fence between Gibraltar and La Línea
Saluting the Queen
Clocking out from the Dockyard
The Queen arriving at the Victoria Stadium