This Monday’s theme is ‘Portraits’.
I remembered that I have some lovely pictures of portraits I took at the National Portrait Gallery in London, a lesser known gem, right next to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, and others I took at Charles Dicken’s Museum at Doughty Street, London.
Here I am as close as I’ll ever be to my favourite writers. Top left Robert Browning and his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Mr. Greenwood, who marries Adele in All Hallows at Eyre Hall is based on the widower, Robert Browning.
Elizabeth B.B. wrote the most romantic sonnet in the English language, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Top right with Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote the unforgettable Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of my favourite novels, whose influence features strongly in Midsummer at Eyre Hall. We all have to balance the capacity for good and evil we possess.
The bottom left are the Bronte sisters, Anne, Charlotte and Emily (from left to right) in the famous painting by their brother, Patrick Branwell Bronte. The portrait on the right is of Charlotte Bronte.
The bottom right, Mr. Charles Dickens, who features prominently in Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall, where he narrates a chapter, and Midsummer at Eyre Hall, where his generosity and friendship will be of invaluable help to Jane Eyre.
Isn’t it wonderful that the Bronte’s and Charles Dickens are so close, in the Gallery and in my literary heart and mind.
Here I am with Dickens’ portrait in the reproduction of his dining room at his home in Doughty Street.
A caricature of the older Dickens, on his way to the continent, which means anywhere which is not UK!
This isn’t a portrait, but I thought I’d include his chair, where he sat and probably read, chatted, and perhaps plotted and made notes, before sitting at his writing desk.
Finally, here I am beside a portrait of my favourite sports person, Rafael Nadal, the greatest Spanish tennis player of all time, and one of the best in the world, not only because he’s a world tennis champion, but because he’s such a good sport.
I hope you liked my portraits!
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Nice twist on the challenge!
Thanks for taking part, that’s just the sort of interpretive initiative we like. ;~}
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Glad you liked it!
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How incomparably delightful. Since it’s unlikely I’ll get there to see these in person, I’m completely over the moon that you shared them with all of us. Thank you ever so much!
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Glad you liked the photos. I love the Portrait Gallery and Dickens Museum gives you a wonderful feel of how middle class Victorians lived.
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