Streatham portrait
... that the Streatham portrait is widely held to be a bad painting yet was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery for a rumored £100,000?
... that the <b id="mwByI"><a href="./Streatham_portrait" id="mwByM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Streatham portrait">Streatham portrait</a></b> <i id="mwByQ">(pictured)</i> is widely held to be a bad painting yet was purchased by the <a href="./National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" id="mwByU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery</a> for a rumored £100,000?