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Introduction > Collection > Recent Acquisitions
"Lingering and Leaving features portraits of people seen thinking about past events, loss, and fleeting memories. The portraits are imaginary, but based on real people and their lived experiences..."
"...was a child prodigy: at fifteen, she gave a solo recital to members of the British royal family and subsequently ranked among the best violinists in the world..."
"These paintings, the earliest painted portraits in the collection of Library and Archives Canada, depict one of the founding fathers of Newfoundland and his wife..."