Magical Discovery
Appearance
Overview and Issue
[edit | edit source]- Article on author’s attendance and purchases at an auction of Dorothy Dunnett’s effects in August 2002
- WG080, WG153
Abstract
[edit | edit source]- Ms. Lewis obtained a typewriter, candlesticks and a box of books that had belonged to Dorothy. In the box of books was one entitled ‘Renaissance Portraits’ by Lorne Campbell. There were a number of post-its identifying possible portraits for her HON characters; Gk with the wooden leg (?), Gelis (?), Gregorio (?), Lucia, and Nicollò (?). A possible answer to the question “How do Dorothy Dunnett’s characters look?”
Author
[edit | edit source]- Kathy Lewis
Dunnett Book Citations
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Historical Characters
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Fictional Characters
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Locations
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Literature
[edit | edit source]- ‘Renaissance Portraits’ by Lorna Campbell
Illustrations
[edit | edit source]- Federico Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Mantua, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1529. Copyright: Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado.
- Portrait of a man, known as Le Condottière, Antonio of Messina,1475. Copyright: The Louvre, Paris.
- Portrait of a Man, Hans Memling, c. 1470-75. Copyright: The Frick Collection
- Profilbildnis einer jungen Frau Bild, Fra Filipino Lippi, 1445. Foto: Gemäldegalarie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulterbesitz Fotograf/in: Christoph Schmidt/CC by NC SA
- Dorothy Dunnett’s post-it notes
Historical Events
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Other References
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Quotes from Dunnett
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