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Ambassador The Hon. Charles Price

Ambassador
The Hon. Charles Price
For the Embassy of the
United States of America, London, 1989-90

Below. Illustrations from: The Daily Life of the Queen: An Artist's Diary

Yeoman of the Guard
Yeoman of the Guard, the most ancient Royal Body Guard in the world, created by Henry VII in 1485 after victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

One of the Queen's pet corgis
One of the Queen's pet corgis.

Escort of the Household Cavalry
Escort of the Household Cavalry.

Sandringham: the Royal Studs
Sandringham: the Royal Studs. A new foal, born by 'Zafonic' out of 'Trying for Gold'

The Queen accepts a posy whilst on walkabout in Luton
The Queen accepts a posy whilst on walkabout in Luton.

The Queen on a Royal Walk About
The Queen on a Royal Walk About


Portraits


PORTRAIT SITTERS INCLUDE:

  • The Queen:
    commissioned to mark, in the Queen's Silver Jubilee year, the centenary of Manchester Town Hall, 1977.

  • The Queen:
    as Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

  • The Queen:
    as below, with individual sittings for group portrait.
    Also various related studies: one is owned by the Prince of Wales.

  • The Queen:
    Numerous drawings and paintings for the book The Daily Life of the Queen: An Artist's Diary

  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother:
    as Chancellor of the University of London.

  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother:
    as Patron of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation.

  • Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother:
    as below, with individual sittings for Guildhall group portrait.
    Also various related studies: one is owned by the Prince of Wales.

  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother:
    as below, with individual sittings for Overlord group portrait.
    Also related studies.

  • The Prince of Wales:
    as Colonel-in-Chief, the 2nd K.E.O. Gurkhas.

  • The Prince of Wales:
    as Patron, The Royal College of Psychiatrists.

  • The Prince of Wales:
    as below, with individual sittings for Guildhall group portrait.

  • The Prince of Wales:
    Commemorative £5 piece, the Crown coin, for the Royal Mint.

  • The Princess Royal as Princess Anne:
    as Colonel-in-Chief, the Royal Signals.

  • The Princess Royal as Princess Anne:
    for the Saddlers Company.

  • The Princess Royal, as Princess Anne:
    as below, with individual sittings for Guildhall group portrait.

  • The Princess Royal, as Princess Anne:
    as below, with individual sittings for Woolmen group portrait.

GROUP PORTRAITS

Group portrait, with individual sittings, commissioned by The Corporation of London to mark the Silver Wedding celebrations in 1972 in Guildhall:
  • The Queen
  • The Duke of Edinburgh

  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  • The Prince of Wales
  • The Princess Royal, as Princess Anne


  • Princess Margaret
  • The Earl of Snowdon

  • The Lord Mayor of London (Lord Mais) and Lady Mais

Group portrait, with individual sittings, commissioned as a mark of the unveiling of the Overlord Embroidery. The group included:

  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
  • The Duke of Norfolk
  • Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
  • Earl Mountbatten

  • Sir Martin Gilliat
  • Lord and Lady Dulverton
  • The Lord Mayor of London (the Hon. Sir Peter Vanneck) and Lady Vanneck

  • The Princess Royal with individual sittings for a group portrait:
    being admitted to the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Woolmen. (Twenty-three figures.)

  • Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
  • and Earl Mountbatten
    as above, with individual sittings for group portrait.

  • The Duke and Duchess of York
    double portrait, for the City of York.

  • The Duchess of Kent:
    for the Clothworkers' Company.

FURTHER GROUP PORTRAITS
  • The five Lords of Appeal
    in Ordinary for the Middle Temple: Lord Cross, Lord Diplock, Lord Salmon, Lord Wilberforce and Lord Simon.

  • The forty-seven Members and Officers of The Metropolitan Water Board.

  • A group of five soldiers
    for The Royal Welch Fusiliers.

  • Numerous family groups.


INDIVIDUAL PORTRAITS:

    This is just a selection and is by no means a comprehensive list: for example, very few domestic commission are noted here.

  • Lord Aberconway
  • Lord Aldington
  • Lord Amory
  • Princess Ashraf of Iran, sister of the Shah
  • Sir Michael Atiyah, OM, PRS, as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Major General J.M.W. Badcock, as Master of Signals
  • Lord Barnetson
  • Ian Beer as Head Master of Harrow School
  • Sir Henry Benson (later Lord Benson)
  • Sir Christopher Benson
  • Sir Timothy Bevan as Chairman of Barclays Bank
  • Lord Boothby
  • Lady Boothby
  • Lord Bowden
  • 1st Viscount Boyd
  • Bishop Christopher Budd of Plymouth
  • Lord Butterfield
  • Lord Carr
  • Field Marshal Lord Carver, as Chief of Defence Staff
  • Sir John Chalstrey, as Lord Mayor of London
  • Lord Charteris, as Provost of Eton
  • Lord Chuter-Ede
  • Lord Craigmyle
  • President Clinton: The artist worked in the Oval Office, Washington
  • Lord Denning, OM, as Master of the Rolls
  • Paul Dirac, OM
  • Lord Elwyn-Jones, as Lord Chancellor
  • 'Siegfried Farnon' (Donald Sinclair), James Herriot's veterinary partner in All Creatures Great and Small
  • Archbishop Lord Fisher
  • Dom Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard as Abbot of Downside
  • Haham Dr Solomon Gaon
  • Sir Alec Guinness
  • Sir H. John Habakkuk, as Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford
  • General Sir John Hackett
  • Gilbert Harding
  • Robert Hardy
  • Sir Denys Henderson
  • Sir Alan Hodgkin, OM, PRS, as Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Dr David Hope, Archbishop of York, as Bishop of London
  • Sir Robert Horton, of Railtrack, for BP
  • Cardinal Hume, OM, Archbisbop of Westminster
  • Sir Andrew Huxley, OM, as President of the Royal Society
  • The Earl of Iveagh
  • Lord Kings Norton
  • Lord Kingsdown, KG, (Robin Leigh-Pemberton), as Governor of the Bank of England
  • Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin, KG
  • John J. Louis, Jr, as Ambassador of the United States of America
  • Very Reverend Michael Mayne: as Dean of Westminster
  • Michael McCrum
  • Cliff Michelmore
  • Eric Morley
  • Robert Morley
  • Sheridan Morley and family, commissioned by Robert Morley
  • Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Sir Gerald Nabarro
  • Sir David Napley
  • Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Donald Nicholls (now Lord Nicholls)
  • The Reverend Ernest Nicholson, as Provost of Oriel
  • Airey Neave
  • Sir Peter Parker
  • Max Perutz, OM. Drawing, commissioned by the Queen for the Royal Collection at Windsor
  • The Earl of Powis
  • Charles Price, as Ambassador of the United States of America
  • J.B. Priestley, OM
  • Valerie Hobson Profumo
  • Francis Pym (now Lord Pym), as Foreign Secretary
  • Sir Ralph Richardson
  • Dom John Roberts, as Abbot of Downside
  • Edmund de Rothchild
  • Archbishop Runcie (later Lord Runcie), as Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Dame Margaret Rutherford
  • Lord Selwyn-Lloyd, (Selwyn Lloyd), as Speaker of the House of Commons
  • Professor Sir Roland Smith
  • Dr Michael Smurfit
  • Very Reverend Martin Sullivan, as Dean of St Paul's
  • Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt
  • Margaret Thatcher (now Lady Thatcher LG, OM), as Prime Minister, for Grocers' Company
  • Margaret Thatcher (now Lady Thatcher LG OM), at door of No 10 Downing Street
  • Lord Todd OM, PRS
  • Mgr Adrian Toffolo, as Rector of the English College in Rome
  • Sir Anthony Tuke, as Chairman of Barclays Bank
  • Bishop Michael Turnbull of Durham
  • General Sir Antony Walker
  • Sir Peter Walters
  • Dennis Wheatley
  • Sir Mortimer Wheeler
  • Sir Frank Whittle, OM. Drawing, commissioned by the Queen for the Royal Collection at Windsor
  • Lord Wolfenden, as Director, the British Museum
  • Sir Donald Wolfit
  • Professor Graham Zellick
  • Etc


OTHER WORK:

Made over 360 drawings and paintings for the book, The Daily Life of the Queen: An Artist's Diary, written by Dr Vivien Noakes, published September 2000 (Ebury Press, £30.00). Exhibition of all these illustrations at Christie's 8 King Street, St. James's, London SW1, 15th to 21st December 2000, with most of the works for sale.