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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 »or controlling a present that appeared increasingly unruly.« less