Fingask Subscription Mural
This subscriptive and accretive mural by Ivan Govorkov and Lena Gubanova of St. Petersburg is designed partly to raise money for the Fingask Follies. The wall painting, which in the main measures 180 by 100 inches (2,500 mm), is added to each spring and now has already nearly 60 objects, including 35 portraits. The painting features portraits of Follies patrons Sir James Cayzer, Bt; Vicky Jardine Patterson; Claire Enders; Heloise Thomson; Chic Murray; a cat, Harry Wood, (sponsored by Alexander McCall Smith); Richard Marner; Sir Mark and Lady (Judy) Moody-Stuart (he is a descendant of Alexander Moody Stuart of Rait); and Follies performer Lofty Buchanan. This is thought to be the only active subscription portrait in existence.
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