Focus on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait and explain the Ownership and location.
The location and ownership of the painting are presently unknown.The National Portrait Gallery later refused Harris's offer of the portrait. In 2012, the painting was displayed at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool as part of an exhibition of Harris's work. It was described by the Walker Gallery as having been part of Harris's private collection; the gallery later said that they had returned the portrait to Whitewall Galleries with whom Harris had a commercial relationship.Following Harris's arrest and 2014 conviction for indecent assault and sexual offences, BBC News Online's magazine discussed the location and ownership of the painting. It revealed that the painting was not part of the Royal Collection, having only been loaned to the Queen's Gallery for display; it was also not part of the BBC's art collection and Whitewall Galleries did not respond to requests for a comment on the portrait's ownership. The public relations company Bell Pottinger, who acted for Harris during his trial, were unable to say if Harris possessed the painting. The article reported that it was "likely to have been returned to Harris".
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