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This oil painting on panel is dated 1595 and was given to the Abbey by Dean Joseph Wilcocks, according to the inscription on the back. The face of the elderly queen was painted over to make her look ...

It had been the hardest animation test I had ever done – I had never done animation with paint on glass before, let alone oil ... than 400 paintings. This film took seven years to make ...