That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 10, 2020

The prime minister couldn’t decide whether he wanted a dignified pose or one as a man of action for his official portrait.

George Canning, hailing an Uber Hansom cab.

♪ “Everybody’s doing a brand new dance now… ♪ ”

Everybody knew the PM wanted to be a bowler on then Parliament’s club, but no one had the nerve to tell him he threw like an epileptic orangutan.

Floyd Clump at his Ban Roll On audition.

george just loved to do his john travolta imitation…

“Hwy, I need two portraits depending on whether we are at war or not”

George Canning realizing that was enough elation for a day.

One portrait shows his elation, in case he wins the election, and the other shows a conciliatory pose, in case he loses. They are unlabeled, as the painter forgot which one was which.

Linkedin versus instagram

After making a comment about the superiority of the English Muffin over American Biscuits, Mr. Manning knew there would be fallout.

Panel 1. “Any minute now. Wait for it.”

Panel 2. “YES! I made a White House Tweet!”

Early attempts at animation did not have very smooth transitions from one position to another. And they were boring.

Georgi Malenkov had the same dilemma: “I want that one (pointing to portrait) destroyed”. (Watch “The Death of Stalin”)

George Canning, Prime Minister, throwing out the first pitch.

This is your usual stuffy British politician, this is your usual stuffy British politician on drugs. Any questions?

Waste of the tax payers’ money….

“I am not suggesting that Mr. Disraeli resembles a peacock in drag, Milords, but…” (the first insult comic politician)

" I really can’t decide, Thomas. You don’t think the one on the right makes me look too butch, do you? "

Whoa! Curb the enthusiasm, Mr. Canning. Remember your blood pressure.

1- I AM the Power. 2- FIGHT THE POWER!

(Politician covering all bases depending on which way the wind is blowing that day)

Why don’t you tell me ’bout the mystery dance?

I wanna know about the mystery dance

Why don’t you show me ‘cause I’ve tried and I’ve tried and I’m still mystified

I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied

.

Elvis Costello

George waited for the waiter as long as he could, and then resorted to snapping his fingers.

George Canning is depicted by both: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Canning_by_Richard_Evans.jpg 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=158334 

have info and links that point to info about the roughly jumbo envelope size left painting (actually completed by Richard Evans, a student of Thomas at the time) and nearly life size right painting, just the opposite of the image sizes.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lawrence_sir_thomas.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=2967 

http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/lawrence/lawrence_bio.htm 

http://www.all-art.org/history356-5.html 

http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100054787 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/l/lawrence/biograph.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/thomas-lawrence 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/866 

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp02654/sir-thomas-lawrence 

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/sir-thomas-lawrence 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/european-art-1600-present-biographies/sir-thomas-lawrence 

all have and perhaps links that point to info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 4 works by him have been used here (3 times total with this dual strip). 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/10/17?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included the same artist info URLs), showing a later George Canning portrait with nearly the same pose as the left (can you spot the difference?).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2380 (February 9, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

George Canning, British Prime Minister, ecstatic that SOMEONE finally dehazed and color corrected his portrait.

Can’t vote for Canning-the man’s a bloody schizophrenic!