Portrait of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715) Renault Old houses on Bankside

Old houses on Bankside

seen rehearsing for the start of the World Gurning championships which will be held in Britain this year

One of them asks the man if he would like a cigarette

Queen Consort of George IV

Portrait of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715) Renault Old houses on BanksideThree quarter length portrait of Charles Montagu, posed standing, leaning with his left arm resting on an architectural plinth bearing a circular acanthus design within which is his coat of arms. Montagu is dressed in a brown coat, unbuttoned to reveal a white shirt. The cuffs and neck cloth are of lace. Montagu wears a long wig and the blue ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter. A sword hilt is visible at his left hip. Charles Montagu was