SOUTHAMPTON.- Portraits of Britain’s finest literary talents from the National Portrait Gallery will be on display At Southampton City Art Gallery from this July. Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to JK Rowling features 61 of the most important British writers and lyricists of all time. The exhibition includes portraits of William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, John Lennon and Jarvis Cocker. One of the National Portrait Gallery’s most important possessions – the ‘Chandos’ portrait of William Shakespeare – on tour in the UK for the first time – will be the centrepiece of the exhibition. Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, says: ‘The “Chandos” portrait is an iconic image and the founding image for the National Portrait Gallery. So this is an exciting opportunity for it to be shared with visitors around Britain. I am grateful for our part