A painting by a well-known street artist could soon be hanging up inside the White House after it was given to Barack Obama from David Cameron.
His gift to the US President came on his first trip to Washington as Prime Minister.
Thirty-nine-year-old Ben Eine is best known for painting graffiti-style letters on shop shutters in London's East End and is said to be one of SamCam's favourite artists.
He donated the £2,500 piece titled Twenty First Century City to the Prime Minister's wife.
For the last four years the former graffiti tearaway has plastered his colourful pieces around the capital and he has been asked to decorate shutters in cities as far afield as Tokyo and New York.
The president stuck to the art theme with his gift - a signed lithograph by well-known pop artist Ed Ruscha chosen for its red, white and blue colours matching the two countries' flags.
With Washington being drenched by occasional torrential downpours, the first family's young daughters may also appreciate their offerings from the UK: two pairs of Hunter Wellington boots, one in pink and one in purple.
For Michelle Obama, there were candles made by London-based perfumer Miller Harris.
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