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“People often ask me to divulge the stories of my Visitorian characters. For a long time I resisted, encouraging viewers of the pictures to divine the hidden biographies of my subjects for themselves. I thought they should be allowed to tell their own stories although occasionally I have been known to supply hints, chiefly in the titles I attached to the pictures. Or occasionally, when I have been cornered at an exhibition and asked searching questions I have found myself revealing the secrets and scandals of their lives. Secrets and scandals that on reflection might better have remained …