Title - Her Majesty The Queen: A Study for H.M. The Queen and Aureole

Artist - SIR ALFRED J. MUNNINGS

This work is a preliminary study for the Portrait of H.M. The Queen's racehorse Aureole. The final portrait depicts Queen Elizabeth, the trainer, Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and Sir Humphrey Trafford standing with Aureole in the paddock for the 1953 Derby. The 1953 Derby took place just before Elizabeth's coronation so there were great hopes for the horse that day. Unfortunately, Aureole finished second behind Pinzo. Aureole, by Hyperion was bred by King George VI, and proved to be very successful as a four-year old and became champion sire in 1960 and again in 1961.