A Guide to Victorian & Edwardian Portraits

Peter Funnell,Jan Marsh

ISBN 10: 1855144352 / ISBN 13: 9781855144354

Published by National Portrait Gallery 04/01/2011, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Victorian & Edwardian Portraits
• Publisher: National Portrait Gallery 04/01/2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855144352
• ISBN 13: 9781855144354
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Published in association with the National Trust. The Victorians and Edwardians believed passionately in the historical importance of their age and wanted to record the great figures of their time. During Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901) Britain became the world's first industrialised commercial power. This wealth, combined with the prestige of the British empire, created an extraordinary source of patronage for portraiture, and a legacy that includes the world's first dedicated gallery of portraits - the National Portrait Gallery, London. This informative and accessible guide reveals an astonishing range of styles,techniques and subjects from the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Illustrations and engaging commentaries on sitters, from Charles Darwin to Virginia Woolf, shed light on the various ways in which people chose to be presented - wherever possible using the actual words of the artists, photographers and their subjects themselves. Although Edward VII's reign lasted f

About the Author

Peter Funnell is Curator of Nineteenth-Century Portraits and Head of Research Programmes at the National Portrait Gallery, London Jan Marsh is a writer specialising in biographies of artists and authors.