Identity area
Reference code
ITN/5/15/238
Title
Portrait of the Queen Mother
Date(s)
- 25 June 1980 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
(1955 - present)
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Scope and content
This portrait of the Queen Mother, who celebrates her 80th birthday in August, was painted in 1940 by Augustus John who considered it a failure but the Queen Mother liked it and gave it a place of honour in her drawing room. Now, the portrait is among the paintings and drawings the Queen Mother has loaned to an exhibition celebrating her birthday. Called "The Queen Mother, a Celebration", the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, runs from 27 June 1980 to 28 September 1980
Agency: Press Association
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Copyright: Press Association