Portrait Appreciator Gifts

"I kept hoping the picture would get old and repulsive looking, instead of me, but it didn't work out that way."

'I like it, but is it Art?'

"Your mother was young and restless and knew what she wanted. She wanted out."

Red Letter Days - Having one's portrait shown

Da Vinci calms Mona Lisa with bottle of wine.

'Don't make my nose too big!'

'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'

Francis Bacon

Mulroney's portrait made it clear he'd not forgiven his Conservative detractors.

Quentin de la Tour

Cariactures

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

"You're my Mona Lisa."

Framed Lady

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

Diego Velasquez

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

The Sculptor

Nick Cave

El Greco

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

Elizabeth II

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum caricature

Michelangelo Buonarroti.

"And that's me as a shepherdess!"

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge caricature

Rembrandt's Selfies

Portrait artist drawing DNA patterns.

'Well, you're not Michaelangelo!'

'Curses! My eyes were closed.'

The caricature of Dorian Gray

'This one is from my pre-arts grant period'

"You have a Picasso?"

AUGUSTUS JOHN

Mitch McConnell