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Reference code
ITN/5/15/262
Title
Portrait of the Queen Mother by Avigdor Irikha
Date(s)
- 3 August 1983 (Creation)
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1 photograph
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(1955 - present)
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The Queen Mother celebrates her 83rd birthday on 4 August 1983, and this new portrait of her, commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery from Israeli artist Avigdor Irikha, goes on show at the gallery to coincide with her birthday. The portrait, measuring approximately 20 by 20 inches, was painted in oils in the course of a single day (6 July) at Clarence House, London
Agency: Press Association
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Copyright: Press Association