Richard Stone (painter)
Richard Stone (born 5 June 1951) is a British painter, specialising in portraits. In 1973, at the age of 22, he became the youngest commissioned royal portrait painter in almost 200 years.[1][better source needed] Stone claims to have secured the commission by cold-calling Clarence House and saying "I could be a latter-day Rembrandt".[2] He has completed commissioned portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, and the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princes Philip, Charles, and Andrew.[2] He also painted the official Downing Street portrait of Margaret Thatcher, who upon inspecting his work, requested that he add her handbag to the portrait.[3] His portraits hang at Buckingham Palace, the National Portrait Gallery (London), and the National Portrait Gallery (Australia).[1]
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