Alderman Dame Mary Donaldson GBE

Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches, 1985

Commissioned by the Court of Aldermen in the City of London, to hang at the Mansion House.

Dame Mary had the distinction of being the first woman to serve on the Court of Common Council, being chairman of a committee, the first to be elected an Alderman and the first Lady Sheriff. She became First Lady Lord Mayor in 1983.