I was once commissioned to paint three copies of a posthumous portrait for a deceased woman's three grown daughters. I painted them all at the same time. Nose, nose, nose, hair, hair, hair..... very strange experience.
I suppose all you'd need to do a duplicate of this painting is a good model's release and probably do the nicety of asking the parents of the girls if it would be alright. They might be very flattered or they might be wary.
Why did the clients who wanted the Higginbotham portrait ask for two?
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