Ralph Steadman: Leaders Series - President

Ralph Steadman: Leaders Series - President1 of 8 prints that makes up the Leaders series."I thought I wanted to do a series of things on Leaders. People like Kings & Queens, Presidents, Judges, Assassins anything that somebody would call a leader of something. Some cause or other or even simply an institution, like a judge. It occurred to me that they were in fact compelled to be those leaders through fate alone, so they became victims of fate. It was almost their destiny to be such." Ralph

but now I have the self-confidence to dress how I please

Paper Size: 55 x 55 cm

Kenny Hunter studied sculpture at Glasgow School of Art between 1983 and 1987

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Conrad Atkinson was born in Cumbria in 1940 and worked as a teacher and artist using a varied range of media

This imited edition screen print - published in our workshop and signed by the artist with studio stamp - celebrates Donald’s commission for the Michael Jackson On The Wall exhibition and was previously exclusive to the National Portrait Gallery shops

We had a healthy disrespect for it” – Ralph Steadman

The resulting images seem to combine frivolity with seriousness

Amongst them Burns

Urquhart’s glamorous past colours his drawings and paintings

He has exhibited extensively in Britain and abroad

beautiful portraits of kimono-clad women playing tennis to powerful