Wednesday December 7th, 2011 11:00

Famous funny faces to auction charity portraits

Ian Hislop

Opening today at London’s Strand Gallery is ‘Funny Faces’, a new exhibition of 40 portraits of celebrity stand-ups and comic thespian types. Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, David Mitchell and Omid Djalili have all donated autographed mug-shots, as taken by Paul Heneker, to the collection, which will be auctioned off when the show closes on 17 Dec. With limited edition prints of each photograph also available for a mere £30, all proceeds will go to homeless charity Shelter.

Also lending her image to the cause is Edinburgh Fringe favourite Izzy Suttie, aka Dobby of ‘Peep Show’ fame, who has these words of encouragement: “Christmas should be a time for giving, receiving and arguing over the last Quality Street – not worrying about a roof over your head. I hope that through the ‘Funny Faces’ exhibition we can help raise money to support Shelter’s work this Christmas – so get bidding now!”

So, if you’re stuck for something to get your loved one for Christmas this year, a signed portrait of… say, Simon Pegg, might just be the one. More info on the exhibition here.

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