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dated December 10,1953: Halliday to Paint Nehru's Portrait

Edward Halliday, a well-known British portrait painter, planned to leave for India in the New Year to paint a life-size picture of the Indian Prime Minister. Privately commissioned, the Jawaharlal Nehru portrait was to be displayed in a private gallery located in Delhi. Halliday, who had painted many portraits of the British Royal family, had started work on a small portrait when Mr. Nehru was in London for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in June 1953. "He is a patient-sitter," said the painter. "He was preoccupied with politics, but to me he only talked about his family." Halliday would not say what he was being paid, but in addition to the fees, he was to stay in Delhi as a guest of the people who had commissioned the assignment. Besides a portraitist of note, Mr. Halliday was also a commentator for television news-reels.

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