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The various ways in which the ancient Romans depicted figures from the afterlife tell us much about contemporary preoccupations
Making a scene – how the Victorians brought the past to life
Recreating scenes from famous paintings has been all the rage of lockdown, but it’s the Victorians who first played make-believe in earnest
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The Victorian painter certainly had a penchant for play-acting, but his depictions of Egypt remain something of an enigma
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