Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by David Poole
Nov. 11, 1975 - New Portrait of the Queen by David Poole for the Royal Artillery Mess at Woolwich: A new portrait of the Queen, commissioned from David Poole by the Royal Artillery is bound to raise a few eyebrows when it is hung in the mess at Woolwich next week. Unlike most royal portraits. The Queen is painted without crown or sash, sitting only in a white dress and cloak of the Captain General of the regiment. But says Brig John Codner, any suggestions that the Royal Artillery has commissioned an informal portrait is quite wrong. Her Majesty never goes anywhere informally. This is a simple picture of herself. We asked the artist to paint a modern, simple of our Captain General. Photo shows The artist David Poole with his portrait of the Queen, yesterday
