2391057

Portrait of HRH Princess Anne (1950- ) #2391057

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Portrait of HRH Princess Anne (1950- )  #2391057
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Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, Princess Royal was born in 1950. The second child of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Anne has shed her adolescent image as a party girl through her involvement with charity and international relief work, serving as president of the Save the Children Fund. She is an accomplished equestrienne and former member of the British National Team. In 1973, she married Lieutenant, now Captain, Mark Phillips. They divorced in 1992, and Anne married Timothy Laurence later that year.



The artist Bernard Hailstone (1910-1987) was known for his portraits of royalty,members of the Armed Services, musicians and personalities of stage and screen. Among the most memorable are his portraits of Sir Winston Churchill, Peter Ustinov and Sir John Barbirolli. His portrait of Lord Olivier now hangs in the bar of the Garrick Club. Less known, but among his best work, are his paintings of the Blitz. During the war he joined up as a fireman in the Auxiliary Fire Service, along with such artists as Norman Hepple and Leonard Rosoman, and would set up his easel among the bombed London churches and smouldering buildings when there was a lull in the raids.The experiences of these firemen artists were not without their humorous side, for example, when Hailstone helped to extinguish a fire in a warehouse containing barrels of rum near the docks, or when he was disciplined for using His Majesty';s gas to give himself enough light to complete a picture ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good overall condition.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1975</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United Kingdom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Bernard Hailstone (1910-1987)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:30</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:25</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of HRH Princess Anne (1950- ) </td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Modern</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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