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Writing for ''Accountancy Daily'', Sara White described the portrait as depicting Reeves in a "determined mood" as she prepared to deliver the [[October 2024 United Kingdom budget]].[ White wrote that Reeves's budget folder is "brimming with tax proposals" and she was "looking most determined with that steely demeanor so reminiscent of her early days in the post".][ Ward painted the portrait from a photograph of Reeves in her study at [[HM Treasury]] by Simon Dawson.][ The cost of the painting was £3,000, it was funded by the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art.][{{cite news|last=Chappell|first=Peter|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-painting-budget-news-frlbk932c|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260422123628/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-painting-budget-news-frlbk932c|title=Taxpayers shell out £3,000 for oil painting of Rachel Reeves|date=22 April 2026|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=23 April 2026|archivedate=22 April 2026}}] Reeves said of the painting that when she stood at the [[dispatch box]] to deliver the first budget by a woman she was "acutely aware of the generations of women who had fought to make that moment possible" and that she hoped the portrait "serves as a reminder to every young woman and girl across the country that there should be no ceiling on their ambition".[ Ward described the work as "both a portrait and a history painting, capturing a decisive moment in British political and parliamentary life".] |
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Writing for ''Accountancy Daily'', Sara White described the portrait as depicting Reeves in a "determined mood" as she prepared to deliver the [[October 2024 United Kingdom budget]].[ White wrote that Reeves's budget folder is "brimming with tax proposals" and she was "looking most determined with that steely demeanor so reminiscent of her early days in the post".][ Ward painted the portrait from a photograph of Reeves in her study at [[HM Treasury]] by Simon Dawson.][ The cost of the painting was £3,000, it was funded by the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art.][{{cite news|last=Chappell|first=Peter|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-painting-budget-news-frlbk932c|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260422123628/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rachel-reeves-painting-budget-news-frlbk932c|title=Taxpayers shell out £3,000 for oil painting of Rachel Reeves|date=22 April 2026|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=23 April 2026|archivedate=22 April 2026}}] Reeves said of the painting that when she stood at the [[dispatch box]] to deliver the first budget by a woman she was "acutely aware of the generations of women who had fought to make that moment possible" and that she hoped the portrait "serves as a reminder to every young woman and girl across the country that there should be no ceiling on their ambition".[ Ward described the work as "both a portrait and a history painting, capturing a decisive moment in British political and parliamentary life".] |
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It was unvelied in March 2026 at an event celebrating [[Women's History Month]] and the 170th anniversary of the [[Society of Women Artists]] (SWA).[ It will be displayed at the SWA's summer exhibition at the [[Mall Galleries]] in late June.] |
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It was unveiled in March 2026 at an event celebrating [[Women's History Month]] and the 170th anniversary of the [[Society of Women Artists]] (SWA).[ It will be displayed at the SWA's summer exhibition at the [[Mall Galleries]] in late June.] |
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