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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2014
James Holloway describes the first portraits you encounter when entering the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
It was definitely a candid encounter as was the expression on the face. It was constructed insofar as the image was deliberately taken from a distance so as to minimize intrusion and to magnify the effect of the image.