More US governor official portraits with gadgets

Following up on last week's BB post "FL gov. Jeb Bush's official portrait includes his Blackberry," Sean Fitzpatrick tells us,

I was visiting with Gov. Lynch of NH recently and saw this in his outer waiting room. This portrait of John Sununu [former governor, not the senator] conspicuously shows his trusted PC behind him. He probably sat for the painting in 1988 or '89.

Link (thanks, Lucy Mohl)

Reader comment: Jeff Gates from Outtacontext.com says,

Am I the only one who thought, at first glance, that was a portrait of Bill Gates done in the style of a politician's official portrait? -g Now that would make a great series: what if...

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