Identifying the subject of last week’s mystery portrait did not prove hard for our readers judging from the record number of competition entries. However, opinions were divided on the likeness between the portrait of former Simmons & Simmons senior partner Bill Knight, by the fashionable artist Mike Silva, and the great man himself.

“The picture is supposed to be of Bill Knight,” was the most withering response. Macfarlanes partner and Equitable Life chairman Vanni Treves didn’t mince his words either. “The portrait is a flattering but unmistakable caricature of Bill Knight,” he told us.

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