This portrait was painted on the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. It was officially unveiled in London (UK) on June 6, 2012, in the presence of Her Majesty, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston and the Right Honourable Stephen Harper. The painting was installed in Rideau Hall in Ottawa on June 28, 2012.

It is a contemporary representation of Her Majesty painted by Phil Richards. It includes a number of elements, some based on objects that can be found at Rideau Hall, some on objects that represent aspects of Her Majesty’s 60 years of service to Canada. For example, resting against two Victorian ink pots is a copy of the British North America Act of 1867, signed in Queen Victoria’s reign and repatriated in 1982 during Her Majesty’s reign. A pink rose in a small vase is the Queen Elizabeth Rose, introduced in 1954 in honour of the new monarch. The vase is embossed with The Queen’s Canadian Diamond Jubilee Emblem. There are six direct light sources visible in the painting, one for each decade of Her Majesty’s reign.