Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne (1927-2021) was a British artist notable for his 1969 portrait of

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on horseback as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards, a regiment in which Whidborne had once been a member. Born in High Wycombe, Whidborne was educated at

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, where he was a contemporary of

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. He served as a lieutenant in the Irish Guards and saw action in

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. In

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, he became a pupil of Pietro Annigoni. Whidborne exhibited at the

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in 1954, and in 1966, '' The Connoisseur'' recognized him as a leading mural decorator in England. In 1983, he was among the artists selected to design alternative stamps for the British definitive series, Muir, Douglas. (2007). ''A Timeless Classic: The Evolution of Machin's Icon''. London: The British Postal Museum & Archive, pp. 209–215. but his design was not adopted, and the Machin series remained in use for the Queen's lifetime.

Selected publications

*''Pietro Annigoni: Il Periodo Inglese, 1949-1971''. Leonardo-De Luca, Rome, 1991. Edited by Luciano Pelizzari, contribution by Timothy Whidborne. *''Woolly the Mammoth''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 1993. *''Aspects of Deal''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2002. *''Aspects of Ireland''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2003. *''Aspects Abroad''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2005. (new edition) *''Aspects Diverse''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008. *''A Cabinet of Curiosities''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008. *''Aspects of Love and Passion''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2008. *''Aspects of Psychology''. Pheasantry Studios, London, 2010. *''Aspects of Art and Ancestry''. Grosvenor House, Tolworth, 2019. *''Images: Paintings and Drawings by Timothy Charles Plunket Whidborne''. Grosvenor House, Tolworth, 2020.

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1927 births British artists British muralists People educated at Stowe School Irish Guards officers 2021 deaths People from High Wycombe Military personnel from Buckinghamshire 20th-century British Army personnel {{England-artist-stub