Ceremony of the Keys by Terence Cuneo
Cranston Fine Arts has 3 copies available one copy in very good
condition, price £400 and two copies in fair condition price £160.
Ceremonial locking of the Tower of London which takes place every
night and has done for centuries. The painting depicts the custodian of
the Queen's keys, the chief Yeoman Warder being challenged by the sentry
on duty who at the time of the painting was a member of the Gurkha
Regiment. Terence Cuneo remarked "I may be one of the few people to
have had the privilege of having the Tower specially reopened for them
after it had been ceremonially locked for the night."
