{"id":560,"date":"2024-08-16T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/?p=560"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:25:45","slug":"photograph-of-arthur-conan-doyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/literaryletters\/photograph-of-arthur-conan-doyle\/","title":{"rendered":"[Photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pirie MacDonald explained his photographic technique in the December 1941 issue of Popular Science: &#8220;To make a true portrait, you must try to analyze and understand your subject&#8217;s character, and deliberately aim to reflect that character in the picture.&#8221; He took this photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle when the author visited the United States in 1923.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a 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