Andy Warhol painting of the Queen expected to hit £60K

The copy of the American pop artist’s 1985 portrait of the Queen is based on another portrait created for the 1977 Silver Jubilee.

It is part of a series called Reigning Queens which also included images of the Queens of Denmark, the Netherlands and Swaziland.

The signed and numbered work was Warhol’s last print-portrait before his death in 1987.

It will be auctioned at Bonhams Print Sale in London on Wednesday and is estimated to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000.