Created in 2005 with the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation. The purpose of the Prize is to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of draughtsmanship. This annual exhibition is open to all UK artists with prize money totalling £22,500 and an engraved gold medal for the winner.

The 2010 is generously sponsored by Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, Linklaters LLP and Champagne Bollinger