SIGNOR ANNIGONI is painting a portrait of the Queen, an
undertaking which has secured considerable publicity. The portrait was commissioned by the Company of Fishmongers, who agreed to pay the artist £2,000. The Queen has given several sittings and only three more are needed. In spite of this, Signor Annigoni says, 'It could be five, ten or fifteen years before that portrait is finished' The reason is not that the Queen is too busy to give the three sittings, but that Signor Annigoni, an artist whose business ability is undoubted, is n satisfied with the arrangements for the reproduction righ The Company of Fiihmongers have been advised that the rights are theirs, but Signor Annigoni presumed that the righ would be his. 'In my country it is always so.' In Sign Annigoni's country there is no monarchy. Perhaps that et e'3-0 ar s ncl in th take
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