"... a portrait of the late King, his Queen, and two princesses in vermillion lipstick, drooping skirts and sling-back shoes, all dwarfed entirely by the huge canvasful of pale green good taste and glitter of chandeliers and silver teapots in a drawing-room in Windsor ..."
Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor
by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1950
59 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in.
King George VI (1895-1952), Reigned 1936-52.
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002), Queen of George VI.
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-), Queen regnant.
Princess Margaret (1930-2002), Daughter of George VI; Countess of Snowdon.
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