400 FACES IN ONE PAINTING.
CtllEat PlCTtriuToF THE COItO- ! NATION. ' London, October 2S. Mr J. H. E. Bacon, who is painting the State picture of the Coronation, has already completed the portraits of many of those who figured prominently in the ceremony. These include most of the Bishops.
The artist has built at the back of Ins house a special studio to accommodate the lrage canvas, which is 18 feet long and eleven feet high, and will contain over 400 portraits.
The picture will represent the moment when the Archbishop is stepping hack after placing the crown on the head of the King, a moment when the figure of his Majesty was touched •by a gleam of sunshine. Mr Bacon began his work three, weeks before Coronation day, when he started a large and elaborate study in oils of the parts of the Abbey that were to be the scene of the ceremony. On Coronation day he was allotteu a special place of observation in -a tomb, whence lie could -see 1 all. without being seen, and had ample rpom to make rapid studies in pastel ou grey paper. The King and will noT sit to the Ullt (i after tlloir return from India.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1672, 16 December 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)
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204400 FACES IN ONE PAINTING. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1672, 16 December 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)
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