Queen Elizabeth II (painting)

Queen Elizabeth II is a 2016 painting of the British monarch by British-Canadian artist Henry Ward.

Its full title is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the Founder of the British Red Cross Henri Dunant.

The painting was influenced by the work of previous royal portraitists including Anthony van Dyck and Joshua Reynolds.

[5] Ward painted the portrait in secret in his converted garage studio in Burlington, Ontario, using reference photographs from a two-hour session at Windsor Castle's White Drawing Room.

[6] In the portrait, Ward attempted to show the links between the charity and royalty[5] through the blue Order of the Garter robes, the diamond bracelet and tiara, which were owned by the British Red Cross's first royal patron, Queen Alexandra (consort of Edward VII), and in the background a bust of Henry Dunant, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross.