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The Face of the City: Civic Portraiture and Civic Identity in Early Modern England

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The Face of the City: Civic Portraiture and Civic Identity in Early Modern England - Tittler, Robert
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Our conventional understanding of English portraiture from the age of Holbein and Henry VIII on to Reubens, VanDyck and Charles I clings to the mainstream images of royalty and aristocracy and to the succession of known practitioners of 'Renaissance' portraiture. In almost every respect, the 'civic' portraits examined here stand in sharp contrast to these traditional narratives. Depicting mayors and aldermen, livery company masters, school and college heads, they were meant to be read as statements about the civic leaders ...

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The Face of the City: Civic Portraiture and Civic Identity in Early Modern England 2013, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9780719089077

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The Face of the City: Civic Portraiture and Civic Identity in Early Modern England 2007, Manchester University Press

ISBN-13: 9780719075018

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