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Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

Richard Foster (b.1945)

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

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Princess Diana became Royal Patron of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1983 after accepting the invitation of the then president, Dr Thomas Thomson. She visited the College to receive the award of Honorary Fellowship in 1984. After this visit the Princess agreed to sit for a portrait commissioned by the College, choosing London artist Richard Foster to depict her.
Princess Diana’s portrait was delivered to the College in 1986 and spent three weeks being exhibited in the Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition in the Mall Galleries in London in 1987. It is a greatly admired portrait and thought to be an excellent likeness, although the Princess herself apparently said she is depicted carrying a few extra pounds!

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Title

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

Date

1986

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 116 x W 88 cm

Accession number

0028

Acquisition method

purchased, 1986

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated 1986

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232–242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ Scotland

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Artist or maker

Richard Foster

b.1945

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