PAINTING OF THE CORONATION

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22308, 24 January 1938, Page 9

PAINTING OF THE CORONATION

:—* DOMINIONS' GIFT TO THE KING (FROM OUR OWW CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, January I. Good progress is being made by MiFrank Salisbury with his painting of the Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey. His large canvas will not be overcrowded with figures, since he is limiting the number to 40. This involves a tremendous amount of work however, since each is an individual portrait. The Queen has already given Mr Salisbury a sitting in her Coronation robes, and others who have sat for him include the Duchess of Northumberland, as Mistress of the Robes, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Great Chamberlain, the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Zetland, and four bishops. During the next few weeks, other Coronation personalities will make their way to the artist's studio at Hampstead for their preliminary sketches. The painting is to be presented to the King on behalf of all the Dominion Governments a:» a symbol of Empire unity and it is hoped that the presentation will be the occasion of an Imperial gathering at Buckingham Palace next summer. This should not -be difficult to arrange, as it is expected that several Dominion statesmen will visit Great Britain next year to attend the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.