OXFORD, ENGLAND.- A large portrait of the Queen was unveiled at Oriel College. The work was painted by Jeff Stultiens and measures 92 inches by 58 inches. The work was commissioned by Oriel College and took six months to create. It will hang in the college hall. The sittings took place in February and March.

Jeff Stultiens stated: “The Queen was very obliging and very cooperative. At the age of eight, I stood in a line of schoolchildren as the newly-crowned Queen passed by in her limousine. Fifty years later, on the eve of the anniversary of the Coronation, I have been given the opportunity to meet the monarch and to make a pictorial testament. It’s a straight painting. It’s absolutely straight. I’m not actually in the business of flattery, but I did paint two small studies from life. This painting’s based on those. It’s pretty accurate as far as I’m concerned, it looks like the Queen and for me it feels like the Queen. I found her pretty interesting. We had very interesting conversation, the Queen was very perceptive and quite knowledgeable about art."