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This portrait is of Sir Robert Menzies, former Prime Minster of Australia and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1966 to 1978. He is depicted wearing the green velvet robes and insignia of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. Painted by David Poole, former President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Chairman of the Federation of British Artists and Senior Lecturer at the Wimbledon School of Art.

English Heritage, Walmer Castle

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Title

Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978)

Date

1971

Medium

oil on wood

Measurements

H 148 x W 118 cm

Accession number

78600899

Acquisition method

on long-term loan from The Confederation of the Cinque Ports

Work type

Painting

English Heritage, Walmer Castle

Kingsdown Road, Deal, Kent CT14 7LJ England

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