portrait

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John Galsworthy’s tales of an affluent family in Victorian and Edwardian England offer a vivid portrait of a vanished era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The space agency has released images from Orion that included a full portrait of Earth, featuring its deep blue oceans and billowing clouds.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Much of this squares with Mencken’s character portrait of the “booboisie,” the unthinking type of American whose numbers seem to have exploded in recent decades, perhaps in interaction with contemporary historical events.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

One subsequent sitter would be Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, who had reportedly hated More so much that upon his execution she threw his portrait to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Like that mystery man in the background of the Washington family portrait, these enslaved people were hidden in the shadows of history.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis