£800 - £1,200
Anne Mackintosh (Scottish, 1944-2014),
No. 10 Downing Street at Christmas
Oil on paper
This painting was used as the first official Christmas card of the new Prime Minister John Major in 1990, but was actually commissioned by Margaret Thatcher in May that year, Major not having enough time to commission his own card.
Provenance
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013);
Thence by descent
Dimensions:
(Frame) 25 in. (H) x 19.5 in. (W)
(Paper) 16 inn. (H) x 11 in. (W)
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