The portrait artist
Heywood-Lonsdale, Dani2025
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"One morning in 1890, a painting wrapped in brown paper appears on the steps of the National Gallery and causes a sensation. It's clearly by Timothy Ponden-Hall, an artist whose paintings were celebrated and debated, not just for their beauty, but for the rumours behind them: his masterpieces were believed to immortalise the souls of their subjects. But the shadowy explorer and artist has been thought dead for the last 50 years - so what does this new portrait mean? The gallery brings in renowned art historian Solomon Oak to investigate the painting as rumours swirl through the streets of London town. In a bid to uncover the truth, Oak is assisted by an unlikely aid: his daughter Alice. A passionate but sheltered student, Alice has worldly desires which eclipse the life she's expected to lead. Together they discover that exposing Ponden-Hall's legacy will prove more controversial than they could ever have imagined for their family and Victorian society. Set between London and Oxford, The Portrait Artist is a twisting historical debut exploring race, fame and long-kept secrets"--Amazon.
Main title:
The portrait artist / Dani Heywood-Lonsdale.
Author:
Heywood-Lonsdale, Dani, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.©2025
Collation:
326 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526669964 (paperback)9781526669957 (hardback)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
485210