In colonial Boston a brilliant, mysterious painter is the talk of the town, and Walter Ludlow persuades his betrothed, Elinor, to sit with him for their portraits. When the finished pictures are hung, the expressions in them seem to change, showing a grief and terror the sitters cannot yet explain.
A haunting tale from Twice-Told Tales, suggested by an anecdote of Gilbert Stuart, and a model of Hawthorne’s art. Download the free EPUB.