Margaret Thatcher, 1981

This portrait is one of a series taken of Mrs. Thatcher in the white drawing room at number 10 Downing Street on 15 June 1981. She is depicted wearing a grey wool business suit by François Neckar (see preceding lot). Mrs. Thatcher’s appointments diary records the sitting at 16:45 followed at 17:30 by a meeting with the Yugoslavian Foreign Secretary and Ambassador.