We may bemoan the modern celebrity with their selfies and the autobiographical instagram, but the habit of portraying your life through images you have approved has been around for centuries. One of the finest examples I have ever come across are the 18th/19th century autobiographical tiles of the milliner António Joaquim Carneiro. Not only do they offer a glimpse of 18th/19th century family life, each panel is a work of art and an insight into Portuguese cultural history.
António commissioned the seven panels (and I think the frieze as well) for his manor house on his estate in Póvoa de Santo Adrião, a small village on the northern outskirts of Lisboa. It was here he also built his hat factory.