Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne (1927-2021)[1] was a British artist notable for his 1969 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on horseback as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards, of which Whidborne had once been a member.[2]

Whidborne was born at High Wycombe and educated at Stowe School where he was a contemporary of George Melly. He served as a lieutenant in the Irish Guards and saw service in Mandatory Palestine.[3] In 1949 he became a pupil of Pietro Annigoni.[4] He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1954[5] and in 1966 The Connoisseur described him as at "the forefront of mural decorators in England".[6]

In 1983, Whidborne was one of the artists chosen to prepare alternative designs to the long-running Machin series of British definitive postage stamps.[7] After consideration, the design was not changed and it was subsequently decided to continue with the current design for the lifetime of the Queen.

Selected publications

  • Pietro Annigoni: Il Periodo Inglese, 1949-1971. Leonardo-De Luca, Rome, 1991. Edited by Luciano Pelizzari, contribution by Timothy Whidborne. ISBN 8878133973
  • Woolly the Mammoth. Pheasantry Studios, London, 1993. ISBN 0952292408
  • Aspects of Deal. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2002. ISBN 0952292416
  • Aspects of Ireland. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2003. ISBN 0952292424
  • Aspects Abroad. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2005. ISBN 0952292440 (new edition)
  • Aspects Diverse. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008. ISBN 0952292459
  • A Cabinet of Curiosities. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008. ISBN 0952292467
  • Aspects of Love and Passion. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008. ISBN 0952292475
  • Aspects of Psychology. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2010. ISBN 0952292483
  • Aspects of Art and Ancestry. Grosvenor House, Tolworth, 2019. ISBN 9781786234735
  • Images: Paintings and Drawings by Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne. Grosvenor House, Tolworth, 2020. ISBN 9781839750274

References

  1. ↑ 1 artwork by or after Timothy Whidborne, Art UK. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Melly, George. (2006). Owning Up: The Trilogy. London: Penguin Books. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-14-193830-1.
  3. ↑ Whidborne, Timothy (2019). Aspects of Art and Ancestry. Tolworth, U.K.: Grosvenor House. ISBN 9781786234735.
  4. ↑ Gibson, Wilfrid (1961). Paintings and Drawings by Pietro Annigoni and Some of His Past and Present Students - Exhibition catalogue 25th April to 3rd June 1961. Federation of British Artists.
  5. ↑ "The Royal Academy", Stephen Bone, The Manchester Guardian, 1 May 1954, p. 3.
  6. ↑ The Connoisseur, Vol. 161, 1966, pp. 64-65.
  7. ↑ Muir, Douglas. (2007). A Timeless Classic: The Evolution of Machin's Icon. London: The British Postal Museum & Archive, pp. 209–215. ISBN 9780955356919


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