Collecting Portraits Gifts

"And that's General Ambrose T. Spangler. He died in the Great Mustache Fire of 1897."

Cariactures

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

'The portrait is a mark of his extreme egotism, but, if you curtsy and bow sufficiently...say, 'Oh Yes Sir!'!, to everything he says, you should do OK'

"You're my Mona Lisa."

Framed Lady

"...and yet it doesn't quite capture his thoughtful, contemplative side."

Diego Velasquez

"I've considered portraiture, but everyone is so ugly."

"Stop complaining and smile! It's a job, isn't it? NO wonder they call you Mona!"

Mythical Family of Four.

Curators at the Louvre Museum would regret approving the installation of a work on a wall behind the Mona Lisa.

'Are you done yet?'

"Great photo."

Painting the portrait of a weight lifter.

El Greco

'Could you tone down the smile just a little?'

'I wish you wouldn't bring your work home with you!'

Elizabeth II

Artist depicts cow as large steak.

"And that's me as a shepherdess!"

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum caricature

'One of my forebears.'

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge caricature

Michelangelo Buonarroti.

'I know you've worked hard on it, dear, but maybe we should get the Rabbi a . . . uh. . . 'back up' birthday present too?'

Portrait artist drawing DNA patterns.

Catherine the Great with her daughter Nora Soso

'Well, you're not Michaelangelo!'

'It all started when I took a Rorschach test.'

'Curses! My eyes were closed.'

The caricature of Dorian Gray

AUGUSTUS JOHN

Mitch McConnell

'I like it, but is it Art?'