A life-sized cardboard cut-out of Elvis Presley welcomes visitors to a new exhibition at Blackburn Art Gallery and Museum.

In fact the legend of 'The King' is very much alive and well at the exhibition, which opened to the public earlier this month.

It includes more than 40 paintings by West Yorkshire artist Malcolm Stead spanning the artist's career along with memorabilia donated by fans, ranging from record sleeves and scrap books to copies of Elvis costumes.

Visitor services officer Janet Leeming said: "We've had a good response both to the appeal for memorabilia and from number of visitors since the exhibition opened.

"The paintings are for sale and we've sold quite a few already."

The exhibition ends on December 2.

Pictured (from the left) are Alan Simpson from Colne, museum and art gallery curator Stephen Whittle, 'Elvis' and the Mayoress and Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen, Pam Rogers and Coun Jack Bury.