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Overview and Issue

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  • Article on author’s attendance and purchases at an auction of Dorothy Dunnett’s effects in August 2002
  • WG080, WG153

Abstract

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • ‘Renaissance Portraits’ by Lorna Campbell

Illustrations

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  • 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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