Artist Lorna May Wadsworth came to prominence while still studying at the Royal Drawing School with her portraits of the Rt Hon David Blunkett and former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. Since then, she has portrayed two former Prime Ministers – the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher and the Rt Hon Sir Tony Blair – author Neil Gaiman, filmmaker Richard Curtis and Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. In 2020, a retrospective at Graves Gallery in Sheffield, Wadsworth’s home town, featured her celebrated altarpiece A Last Supper alongside around 100 of her portraits. Wadsworth is now based in East London.

An Iron Lady: The Legacy Paintings can be seen 7th - 12th October at Noho Studios, 46 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7QA. Opening hours are 10am - 1.30pm, 2.30pm - 6pm daily.