The painting was bought by the art collector, Sir Brinsley Ford.
His continuing involvement with the gallery and Robin Gibson[2] then 20th Century Curator (later Chief Curator) led to a major one-man exhibition and tour in the Gallery in April 1990 "Contemporary Poets", which consisted of 17 large canvasses of 20 poets, alongside a poem from each poet, numerous studies, and a series of Saturday morning readings from Seamus Heaney, Douglas Dunn, Charles Causley, Wendy Cope, and Craig Raine.
[3] On 30 July 1991, Bobby Moore unveiled Edwards' portrait of Bobby Charlton[4] in the National Portrait Gallery, Sponsored by British Gas plc, it marked the 25th anniversary of England winning the FIFA World Cup.
[7] She had been the model of choice, in the inter-war years, for many leading artists, including Meredith Frampton.
[8] This award led to his commission to paint Kazuo Ishiguro, which was unveiled the following summer in the National Portrait Gallery by Ismail Merchant.