"... Jonathan Yeo - Surely far too well established a professional to take a place in this exhibition from one less fortunate than he - offers a study of Paul Boateng. It makes points that other contributors to the exhibition might do well to observe: sketchy and painterly, finished and unfinished, it powerfully contradicts all the assertions of Blake Morrison and demonstrates their folly; and it speaks tellingly of what Yeo found when he peered into Boateng's depths ..."

Digital reproductions of "The Rt Hon Paul Boateng" by Jonathan Yeo, can be purchased from the National Portrait Gallery online shop.