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Hanging the Head : Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-Century England (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis)
Hanging the Head Portraiture and Social Formation in EighteenthCentury England - Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis
Author: Marcia Pointon
This handsomely illustrated book discusses portraiture as a cultural and political phenomenon in eighteenth-century England. Marcia Pointon offers detailed historical analyses of portraits by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Hogarth, and others, showing how portraiture of the period provided mechanisms for constructing and accessing a national past and f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300057386
ISBN-10: 0300057385
Publication Date: 1/27/1993
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Paul Mellon Center BA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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