This was taken from an oil painting and a drawing done on the spot in 1974, it also relates to a sepia photograph in Arthur Mee’s ‘The King’s England – London’ that was taken before the Second World War.
The tone was great and it featured a close up view of one of Landseer’s bronze lions, this juxtaposition showed the lion as bored and aloof. This created a whimsical composition, but carries the grandeur of the scene as well.
