From Queen Elizabeth II as a seemingly toothless pensioner, to an apparently semi-naked Prince Philip , royal portraits have not always gone to plan.
From Queen Elizabeth II as a seemingly toothless pensioner, to an apparently semi-naked Prince Philip , royal portraits have not always gone to plan.
The work has received a much better reaction than Stuart Pearson Wright's official 2003 painting of Prince Philip, which showed the royal bare-chested and with cress growing out of his finger. This highly unusual painting of the late Duke of Edinburgh, by Stuart Pearson Wright, shows him bare-chested with strands of cress growing from his finger. The portrait was commissioned by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Artist Stella Vine found fame when Charles Saatchi bought her 2013 portrait of Princess Diana, although the late royal's slightly wonky face may have raised eyebrows among fans Not such a masterpiece! Artist Terry Duffy recreated Botticelli's 'The Birth Of Venus' replacing the heads with Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, Princess Diana, The Queen and Dodi Al Fayed
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