History's Beauties: Women And the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900 (British Art and Visual Culture Since 1750, New Readings) by Lara Perry

History's Beauties: Women And the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900 (British Art and Visual Culture Since 1750, New Readings)

Lara Perry

220 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced

Description

The first monograph study of gender in a major museum, History's Beauties engages themes of gender, national identity, class cultures, and aesthetics in Victorian England to interpret the National Portrait Gallery's fascinating collection.

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