Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers (née Spark)
1 portrait
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers (née Spark)
by Diarmuid Kelley
oil on canvas, 2010
13 7/8 in. x 10 5/8 in. (352 mm x 270 mm) overall
Commissioned; made possible by J.P. Morgan through the Fund for New Commissions, 2009
Primary Collection
NPG 6898
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- Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers (née Spark) (1947-), Campaigner, administrator and policy advisor; HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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Painted at Kelley’s London studio, the artist initially accompanied Owers on one of her prison inspections, which gave him an insight into the challenges she faced in that role.
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