Portrait sequences reveal how rapidly revolution ages its leaders

Evidence

In five years, he ages twenty. In 1789 you see a dreamy, soft-featured young man who might be a poet. By 1794 the flesh falls away from a clenched jaw, the head becomes a skull. In revolution everything speeds up, every process is accelerated. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 849

Categorization

• SEED: A portrait-sequence analysis technique: tracing a historical figure’s aging across painted images as narrative craft.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 849