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An accomplished biographer of 20th-century leaders such as Winston Churchill, Manchester offers a vivid portrait of Magellan, “meticulous, fiercely ambitious, stubborn, driven, secretive, and iron-willed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Using height measurements supplied by the Oxford Materials Characterisation Service, the study's author determined that the damaged central portrait region varied in height by approximately 750 micrometers, equivalent to 0.75 millimeters.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

An elegant woman gazes out from her portrait with expressive eyes, a gilded wreath worn in her hair and a gentle, questioning look on her face.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

A fish and chip shop owner has been immortalised by a royal portrait artist as part of an exhibition to honour the impact independent businesses have on their communities.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Side by side, she and the widow turned and regarded the portrait of Edward Ashton.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The Kimbell has a generous 17 Nadar portraits in its exhibition; they are characterized by their plain backdrops and the lack of tacky props other portraitists used.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

In the artist’s 1964 triptych of portraits of his lover George Dyer, the man twists his head to the side before confronting the viewer straight on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Parisi Presicce said that "countless questions" remain about the compelling portraits.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

In Laayoune, the territory's largest city, footage showed people celebrating, waving Moroccan flags and displaying portraits of King Mohammed VI.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

She told us to hang the portraits over the rostrum, and Glenn had the nails.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck