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How much would you charge for an official portrait? As part of Mark E. Smith’s leaving celebrations the University commissioned, as is standard practice, an official portrait of our former leader. The painting by Nathalie Beauvillain Scott can be viewed on the staff intranet, alongside a link to a ‘goodbye’ interview by Lancaster’s Honorary Archivist Marion McClintock, at:<\/span><\/div>\n
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https:\/\/portal.lancaster.ac.uk\/intranet\/news\/article\/farewell-to-vice-chancellor-professor-mark-e-smith<\/span><\/div>\n
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Scott has regularly been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the BP Portrait Awards:<\/span><\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.murals-portraits.co.uk\/portraits<\/span><\/div>\n
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One of subtext’s readers was intrigued, and submitted an FOI request – ‘Please can you disclose how much the portrait of Prof Mark Smith, published on the 19th of September, cost the University?’ The University’s response: ‘The total cost of the portrait including the framing was \u00a312,910.’<\/span><\/div>\n
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Is this excessive? According to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ website, fees for a portrait can be ‘substantial’, rising to \u00a3100,000, but equally ‘their starting point can be less than \u00a32,000.’<\/span><\/div>\n
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In these times of austerity and Professional Services recruitment freezes, subtext readers may wonder whether next time, given the world-class talents of our Fine Art students, we might considering enlisting their services instead. Or maybe one of our readers would be interested? If you’d like to have a go at painting an enduring image of MES, we’ll happily publish it on our Facebook page for free.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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