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Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales

Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales

  • This portrait was unveiled by HRH the Prince of Wales in November 2018 at an event to honour his 70th...

    This portrait was unveiled by HRH the Prince of Wales in November 2018 at an event to honour his 70th birthday at Australia House, London. Set in Dumfries House, a Robert Adam estate owned by the Prince’s Trust Charity, the portrait references the Prince’s lifelong commitment to environmental protection, cultural preservation and notions of harmony between the natural world and the built environment, expressed in his own personal writings. Dumfries House is the ideal setting to express these ideas, not only in being an example of an architectural heritage site that the Prince undertook to restore, but also in the way that it engages the local community and functions to put many of the Prince’s charitable causes into practice.

     

    The portrait shows HRH standing by a window in the tapestry room, through which a large oak tree, a national symbol of wisdom and endurance, is seen. The expansive tree is reflected in the lid of a grand piano inside – bringing nature ‘into the room’ and referencing HRH’s advocacy for the integration of nature, architecture and art.

    • Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales Oil on canvas 188 x 252 cm Collection of the Prince of Wales
      Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales
      Oil on canvas
      188 x 252 cm
      Collection of the Prince of Wales
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    • Study for Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales 1 2018 Ink, charcoal and white chalk on tinted paper 40 x 60 cm The Royal Collection
      Study for Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales 1
      2018
      Ink, charcoal and white chalk on tinted paper
      40 x 60 cm
      The Royal Collection
    • Study for Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales 2 2018 Ink, charcoal and white chalk on tinted paper 40 x 60 cm The Royal Collection
      Study for Portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales 2
      2018
      Ink, charcoal and white chalk on tinted paper
      40 x 60 cm
      The Royal Collection
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