PDF⋙ History's Beauties: Women And the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900 (British Art and Visual Culture Since 1750, New Readings) (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) (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) (British Art and Visual Culture Since 1750, New Readings) by Lara Perry PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The 'beauties' - women of note - who were welcomed to the National Portrait Gallery's early collection were those whose lives and portraits were recognized as significant to the 'civil, ecclesiastical and literary history of the nation'. This brief was interpreted to include figures as diverse as the devout Lady Margaret Beaufort, and the entertaining Lady Emma Hamilton. History's Beauties, the first detailed study of this collection, maps a culture of femininity that reframes the Victorian fascination wi...