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Warne at Lord’s for unveiling

LONDON, Jun 7: The latest addition to the MCC Collection – a portrait of Australia spin-bowling legend, Shane Warne, by the Chelsea-based artist Fanny Rush – will be unveiled by the man himself at Lord’s, according to a Cricketworld report.
The oil-on-linen painting of the world’s leading Test wicket-taker was commissioned by MCC and has taken the artist over ten months to complete due to the challenge of scheduling sittings when Shane was in England. The portrait will be on display in the Long Room this summer during the eagerly anticipated Ashes series.
Fanny Rush was born and grew up in London. The only painter in a family of eminent sculptors and writers, she developed her talent for painting while working as an art director in Brazil.
After winning an award for art direction at the Cannes Film Festival, she decided to concentrate on painting full-time, and returned to England to establish her own studio in 1998.
She has produced work for MCC in the past, but Shane Warne is her first portrait of a cricketer.
The MCC Museum houses the most comprehensive and important collection of cricket memorabilia anywhere in the world. The Club has been acquiring cricket artefacts since 1864 and, over 140 years on, continues to enhance its collection of historic and contemporary items.