Das offizielle Porträt von Stephen Harper wird endlich enthüllt

>The painting includes references to Mr. Harper’s accomplishments while in power, as well as his personal interests, like a miniature Stanley Cup, Mr. Richards said.

This will be fun to see. I visited the House of Commons recently and saw the full sized [originals](https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2014/parl/X9-28-2014-eng.pdf). PMs have full creative control over how they want it done, so they’re all stylistically unique and most have personalized easter eggs or symbolism.

Pierre Trudeau’s goes unnecessarily hard, Mulroney’s includes a small photo of his family, Campbell’s features her justice’s robe and BC indigenous art, etc. My favourite is Diefenbaker’s, which has a Lucian Freud quality.

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