June 30, 2009 Romney's gubernatorial portrait unveiled Play video

(NECN: Scot Yount, Boston, Mass.) - It was a kind of snapshot in time, the Mitt Romney administration recreated if just for a moment, coalescing at the foot of the grand staircase in the Statehouse to unveil the official portrait of the Bay State's 70th governor.

Former governor and presidential candidate Romney was all smiles as he thanked legislators both former and present from both sides of the aisle for assembling to celebrate.

The portrait, by artist Richard Whitney, depicts the governor sitting on his desk with the landmark healthcare legislation that defined his administration and a photograph of his wife Anne.

It was also a time to remember those 69 other governors -- Governor Deval Patrick commended all even if he said there may have been a rascal, or rogue or two.

Romney would not say he missed the office of governor or whether he would run for president again, but was overhead telling his portrait's painter, he would like to do this again sometime.

NECN's Scot Yount reports.