An etching of a still life consisting of an egg inside an inverted glass, with an apple balanced on its foot, and a rose behind it. Number 15 of an edition of 75. Signed, lower right. In 2012, members of the Royal Academy presented Queen Elizabeth II with a portfolio of 105 works on paper to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. This followed the presentation of similar portfolios by the Royal Academicians in the Queen's Coronation and Silver Jubilee years, 1953 and 1977.

David Tindle was elected to the Royal Academy in 1979. He was born in Huddersfield and educated at Coventry School of Art. His paintings, often in egg tempera, have focussed on representations of the everyday, still life, and portraits. This still life etching, with its single rose and raspberry that will soon decay, recalls the tradition of Dutch still life painting with its symbols of vanitas and earthly transience. Tindle also contributed a drawing to the 1977 Royal Academy Gift (RCIN 922915).