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Description: | Oil on canvas. King Edward VII had taken the unusual step of sitting for his coronation portrait at the studio of society painter Luke Fildes in 1901-02. Queen Alexandra also sat to Fildes but, following the more expected convention, did so at Buckingham Palace in 1903. Both portraits were so well received that Fildes was invited to paint the coronation portrait of Edward’s son and successor, George V (1912; Royal Collection), who succeeded to the throne in 1910. However, his consort, Queen Mary, broke with this tradition by commissioning a comparatively little-known painter at the time, William Llewellyn, to produce this, her coronation portrait. The original work (c.1912; Royal Collection) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1912 and, that year, Llewellyn was elected an associate member of the Academy. | Subjects: | queen consort crown riband table robe earring curtain bracelet window Mary of Teck royal portrait woman dress ceremonial costume order of the garter fur tassel ermine landscape C20th necklace | Temporal: | 1912-1935; 1912/1935 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | William Llewellyn (After) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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