Imagined Lives of Unknown People
Summary: Eight internationally acclaimed authors have invented imaginary biographies and character sketches based on fourteen unidentified portraits. Who are these men and women, why were they painted, and why do they now find themselves in the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery? With fictional letters, diaries, mini-biographies and memoirs, Imagined Lives creates vivid stories about these unknown sitters from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Courtesy of the National Trust.
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- Artist: National Portrait Gallery, London
- Copyright: NPG 2011
Podcasts:
False Mary by Alexander McCall Smith
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