Portrait of Frances Brooke by Catherine Read, circa 1771

Portrait of Frances Brooke by Catherine Read, circa 1771
Portrait of Frances Brooke by Catherine Read, circa 1771

Portrait of Frances Brooke by Catherine Read, circa 1771
Portrait of Edmond Duranty by Edgar Degas, 1879

Portrait of Edmond Duranty by Edgar Degas, 1879. The Burrell Collection.
Portrait of Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins, 1887-1888

Portrait of Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins, 1887-1888
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent, 1889

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent, 1889
“Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t.”-Lady M
Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909

Die Lesenden by Robert Breyer, 1909
The Red Cape by Alfons Mucha, 1902

The Red Cape by Alfons Mucha, 1902
Elizaveta Martynova by Filipp Malyavin, 1897

Elizaveta Martynova by F. Malyavin, 1897
Anna Akhmatova by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1922.

Portrait of Anna Akhmatova, 1922 by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
“You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms…”-Anna Akhmatova
Robert Browning by Michele Gordigiani, 1858.

Robert Browning by Michele Gordigiani, 1858. National Portrait Gallery, London.
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