PAINTING OF THE QUEEN
Arrival Of Gift For Auckland (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 1. A full-length portrait of the Queen, painted by the noted London artist, Mr Edward Halliday, to the commission of Sir Ernest Davis, a former Mayor of Auckland, arrived in the Corinthic. It will be presented to the city of Auckland in the name of the late Lady Davis and of Sir Ernest Davis to commemorate the Queen’s visit in 1953. Sir Ernest Davis hopes it will be hung in the foyer of the War Memorial Museum. Eight feet by five, the painting is in a gilt frame surmounted by a crown. It was completed from studies Mr Halliday made of the Queen at Windsor. The Queen said she was very pleased with it. Her Majesty is depicted wearing an evening dress of cream lace and tulle, and the diamond tiara given to her by Queen Mary for her wedding. She wears the blue sash of the Garter Ribbon, on which is pinned a diamond New Zealand fem frond presented to her by the women of Auckland on Christmas morning, 1953.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28266, 2 May 1957, Page 6
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186PAINTING OF THE QUEEN Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28266, 2 May 1957, Page 6
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