Works on show will include Jason Bowyer’s portrait ofthe new Head ofthe British Film Institute, Greg Dyke.

Daphne Todd’s has depicted the famous golfer Michael Lunt, Steven Shankland captures the actor

Ian McDiarmidin a thoughtful pose and invited artist Neil Whalley has painted HRH The Prince of Wales.

Top legal figures in the exhibition include the former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer by Michael Taylor and

the eminentQC Lord Grabiner by Michael Noakes.

Over 200 portraits by some 100 artists will be hung in this exhibition. It is one of the year’s top art events

which isattended by numerous celebrities. Its popularity is proof of the current interest in portraiture and

also in thecommissioning of portraits whether by an institution or an individual.

The Royal Society of Portralt Painters Is supported by the Mall Galleries, Tho Mall, London S.W.1