![Stunt Double, Harold Lloyd in Safety Last, photograph, © 2011 The Harold Lloyd Entertainment, Inc. Black and white photograph of a man in grey suit and boater hat clinging to the hands of a clock, high up on the sides of a tower block.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_300,h_229/https://livingpaintings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Book-Clubs-Stunt-Double-Harold-Lloyd-in-Safety-Last-300x229.jpg)
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His Royal Highness Prince Charles the Prince of Wales introduces us to three captivating paintings of important women from The Royal Collection.
As so many of you asked for a picture of the Queen the Living Paintings Trust has included the State Portrait by Sir James Gunn. It was painted at the time of the Coronation in 1953. This painting is the Official State Portrait, commissioned to mark this important event. It now hangs in the Garter Throne Room in Windsor Castle, which is part of the State Apartments. Alongside it are the portraits of the Hanoverians ending with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It is eight feet high and arranged in the traditional way: that is with a life size, full-length figure of the Queen standing in the centre on a slightly raised dais. The figure of the Queen is turned slightly to the left - she looks directly at the viewer with a steady gaze. In all formal portraits the monarch and the Prince of Wales wear the garter Collet. This order was established by Edward III on the twenty-third of April, St George's Day, 1348. The back of the throne is embroidered with an oval motif in the shape of the badge of the Order of the Garter. At the top is a crown in gold, standing on the oval shape of the blue garter, which has a buckle towards the bottom. The motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' is embroidered on it in gold. In the centre of the oval is the monogram 'ER' also embroidered in gold.
Elizabeth I when Princess, painted by an unknown artist
Princess Victoire of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, painted by Sir Edwin Landseer
H.M. The Queen State Portrait, painted by Sir James Gunn
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