Sachin On Portrait At Lord's MCC Museum: 'Life Has Truly Come Full Circle...'
Sachin Tendulkar's portrait by Stuart Pearson Wright was unveiled at the MCC Museum at Lord's. It will be relocated to the Pavilion later this year.
Sachin Tendulkar took tosocial media to react to his portrait being unveiled in the MCC Museum at Lord's on Thursday.
The portrait, painted by Stuart Pearson Wright from a photograph taken by the artist at his home 18 years ago, will remain in the MCC Museum until later this year before being relocated to the Pavilion.
'I first visited Lord's as a teenager in 1988, and returned in 1989 with the Star Cricket Club team.
'I remember standing near the pavilion, soaking in the history and dreaming quietly."
'Today, to have my portrait unveiled at this very place is a feeling that's hard to put into words.'
'Life has truly come full circle. I'm grateful, and filled with wonderful memories," Sachin posted.
I first visited Lord's as a teenager in 1988, and returned in 1989 with the Star Cricket Club team.I remember standing near the pavilion, soaking in the history and dreaming quietly.
Today, to have my portrait unveiled at this very place is a feeling that's hard to put into… pic.twitter.com/ZC987eH8oZ
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 10, 2025
'As the work progressed, so did Pearson Wright's approach, eventually ending with oil on abraded aluminium. The abstract background illustrates Tendulkar's timelessness, unrestricted by any era or specific location," a release said.
Pearson Wright has previously painted portraits of Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi, and Dilip Vengsarkar.
Tendulkar commented, 'It's a huge honour. In 1983, when India won the World Cup, it was my first introduction to Lord's."
'I saw our captain, Kapil Dev, lift the trophy. That moment sparked my cricketing journey. Today, with my portrait going up inside the Pavilion, feels like it's come full circle. When I reflect on my career, it brings a smile to my face. This is truly special."
'Unlike the previous paintings, which were full-length, the portrait of Tendulkar is a larger-than-life image of his head and shoulders," the release added.
'The Lord's Portrait Programme has been running in its current form for three decades, but MCC has been collecting art and artefacts since the Victorian period, opening a dedicated museum in the 1950s making it the oldest sporting museum in Europe.
'The Long Room Gallery is the oldest and most iconic gallery in sport. The Club currently houses around 3,000 pictures, nearly 300 of which are portraits."
Who Painted Sachin's Portrait?
Pearson Wright said: 'It was clear that MCC didn't want this portrait to be in the same format as the previous Indian cricket portraits I made, so a fresh approach was taken with this one."
'I decided on a composition which focused more on Sachin's head and also using a heroic larger-than-lifesize scale to give the painting a sense of gravitas and power."
'I have often painted a portrait with an abstract background, often a plain colour, rather than paint a rendition of an interior or exterior space. This is largely to give focus to the subject's features and to minimise a context which might define the subject in some way."
(With inputs from Agencies)
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July 10, 2025, 16:21 IST
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