My Favourite Painting: Tahir Shah
Author and film-maker Tahir Shah chooses a military portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: Philip Hooper
Philip Hooper of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler chooses a beguiling portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: The Duke of Northumberland
Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland, chooses 'Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell', bought by one of his forbears for just £44.
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My Favourite Painting: Nick Ashley
Nick Ashley chooses Samantha by Alex Katz, an artist who made his name in New York's art scene of the 1980s.
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My Favourite Painting: Jemma Powell
The artist and actress Jemma Powell on a Spanish family portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: Habda Rashid
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My Favourite Painting: Clare Moriarty
Clare Moriarty of Citizens Advice pushes the boundaries of our feature by choosing not a painting, but a sculpture. Or rather, a series of thousands of sculptures: Anthony Gormley's 'Field for the British Isles'.
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My Favourite Painting: Charles Foster
The writer, barrister and veterinarian Charles Foster on a dramatic seascape by Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.
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My Favourite Painting: The Duchess of Rutland
The Duchess of Rutland chooses a portrait of the woman who was her most eminent predecessor.
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My Favourite Painting: Clare Matterson
Clare Matterson of the RHS chooses an abstract image.
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My Favourite Painting: Cecilia McDowall
Composer Cecilia McDowall chooses a 15th century masterpiece by Fra Angelico.
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My favourite painting: Greg Pickup
Conservationist Greg Pickup chooses a portrait of an early gay rights activist that is simultaneously shabby yet charismatic.
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My Favourite Painting: Xanthe Arvanitakis
The director of Chiswick House chooses a dramatic 17th century portrait.
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The Queen's official portraits: Seven of the most extraordinary paintings from 70 years and over 1,000 sittings
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been painted literally thousands of times since she came to the throne. Charlotte Mullins reveals some of the secrets behind seven of the most recognisable.
