LONDON.- The winner of the BP Portrait Award 2010 was announced at the National Portrait Gallery. In a record-breaking year for entries, the prestigious first prize was won by 63-year-old artist Daphne Todd. Her winning portrait, Last Portrait of Mother, is a devotional study of her dead mother. Daphne Todd wins £25,000 and a commission, at the National Portrait Gallery Trustees’ discretion, worth £4,000. The portrait can be seen at the National Portrait Gallery from Thursday 24 June when the BP Portrait Award 2010 exhibition opens to the public. The second prize of £8,000 went to Michael Gaskell for Harry and the third prize of £6,000 to David Eichenberg for Tim II. There was, also for the third time, the BP Young Artist Award of £5,000 for the work of an entrant aged between 18 and 30. This has been won by Elizabeth McDonald for Don’t Be Too Serious (Camillo Paravicini).