PAINTER’S IDEAL

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 25 May 1932, Page 2

PAINTER’S IDEAL

QUEEN 'CORRECT POSE. .. LONDON, May 6. “The Queen is the portrait-painter’s ideal sitter, patient, untiring, and -with a natural flair .for correct pose,” says Mr David Jagger, whose three-quarter-length portrait of her Majesty is exhibited at the Royal Academy. The Queen wore a gold gown and red cloak, trimmed with sablo fur. She suggested that it would be harmonious if she wore a ruby brooch and ring—details adding greatly to the dignity and charm of the picture. “I was most interested in the charming manner in which the Queen posed her hands, which, besides being beautiful, are displayed to the fulcst advantage, ’ ’ said Mr Jagger. “One sitting lasted an hour, which is long enough for any model, but her Majesty was not tired and refused rest. She listened to a lady-in-waiting reading a biography.”