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It started off as an online post and now has lead to artists giving away free portraits to front-line workers around the world.
Artist Tom Croft offered to paint a key worker's portrait in a post on Instagram. Having completed his painting of A&E nurse Harriet Durkin, he has now introduced 500 artists to their subjects, who work on the front line in the fight against coronavirus.
Reporting Will Gompertz, editing Alex Stanger