History's Beauties: Women in the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900In this work, Perry discusses the role accorded to women in the National Portrait Gallery's 19th-century representation of the nation's history, its wider historical representation of the period, and its contribution to a discourse of women in the nation during the 19th century. |
Contents
Appendix | 2 |
Women the national and the Portrait Gallery | 13 |
The National of the Portrait Gallery | 20 |
Gender and the administration of the National Portrait Gallery | 26 |
Royal women and the genealogy of the nation | 35 |
Sentimental histories | 59 |
Beauty | 89 |
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History's Beauties: Women and the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900 Lara Perry No preview available - 2017 |
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