The Portraitist of Status Nottingham, 1864. A life begins in the United Kingdom. Frederick Cullen moves through the social hierarchies of the Edwardian era, capturing the faces of those who hold the reins of power. His brush does not merely record features; it documents the weight of ceremony and the gravity of position. In the quiet studios of his era, he translates the presence of the individual into the permanence of oil on canvas.…