Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1926 - 2022
About this artwork
Hutchison was commissioned in 1955 by the Edinburgh Merchant Company to paint Queen Elizabeth’s portrait. This preliminary portrait study was the first of a number used for reference, to which Hutchison returned again and again during the painting of the final portrait. In the full-length portrait, Elizabeth is shown wearing the robes of the Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s Order of Chivalry. Interestingly, in this study Elizabeth makes eye contact with the artist, and consequently the viewer, whereas in the final portrait, in her official robes, she looks off to the right. Originally the study was on a plain white canvas, but the artist toned down the canvas colour so that it could be exhibited.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Sir William Oliphant HutchisonScottish (1889 - 1970)
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title:Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1926 - 2022
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date created:1956
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 63.50 cm; Framed: 95.00 x 83.30 cm
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credit line:Given by the artist 1969
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accession number:PG 2168
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Sir William Oliphant Hutchison
Sir William Oliphant Hutchison
The son of a Kirkcaldy businessman, William Oliphant Hutchison studied at Edinburgh College of Art and in Paris. He was part of the group of young painters who exhibited as the Edinburgh Group immediately before and after the First World War. Surviving a severe war wound, from 1918 he lived in...
