ROYALTY - ELIZABETH II Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the first year of her reign, after Sir Herbert James Gunn, SIGNED BY THE SITTER ("Elizabeth R. 1954") AND ARTIST ("James Gunn") beneath the image, colour lithograph, mounted, framed and glazed, image/sheet to view 645 x 475mm., Printed by the Vicars Brothers Ltd., for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1953 SIGNED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HER REIGN. Herbert James Gunn was commissioned to paint the official state portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate her Coronation. This work, showing the Queen in her Coronation robes, now hangs in the Garter Throne Room at Windsor Castle. Gunn was subsequently commissioned to produce our image by the Royal Regiment of Artillery.