I’m enjoying this bit of fun on the Walker’s website. You click on one of the paintings then click on a question and the character in the painting replies. So you can find out why Napoleon is sitting on a donkey in the freezing weather or why Hazel is wearing such an expensive red and gold outfit.
Pedants please note – ‘While we have been as historically accurate as possible, some of the characters and events in this feature have been subject to artistic licence for dramatisation purposes.’