I don’t imagine the newest member of the Royal Family was named after the Archibald Prize but it was a happy coincidence between his birth and the finals of the Prize. The Archibald has been going only a bit longer than the Queen, having been first awarded in 1921. Its enduring impact says a lot about our interest in portraits.
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