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The considered life

Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.

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Self portrait, 1645
Self portrait, 1645
Sir Henry Parkes, 1892
Sir Henry Parkes, 1892
Self portrait
Self portrait, 1934 Nora Heysen AM. © Lou Klepac
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