One of several portraits of the composer painted by Kelly at the end of his life. Vaughan Williams was influenced by by British Folk music in many of his pieces, including The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - featured in the film Master and Commander, and Dives and Lazarus.
looks like an all grown up Ralph Wiggums
I half expect him to start shouting in a similar fashion to Bureau Chief Gordon Cole in Twin Peaks.