A Life Captured in Portraiture: The Story of Alfred Priest Alfred Priest, born in Harborne, West Midlands, in 1874, was a British artist whose career unfolded against the backdrop of Victorian society and the looming shadow of World War I. While his name may not be as instantly recognizable as some of his contemporaries, Priest carved out a significant niche for himself as a skilled portrait painter, capturing the likenesses of promin…