The face of Britain : the nation through its portraits / Simon Schama.

Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibition Churchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a blac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schama, Simon (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Language:English
Published: [London] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015.
Subjects:
Portrait painting > Great Britain > History.
Portrait photography > Great Britain > History.
Portraits, British > History.
Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > History > Portraits.
Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > Biography > Portraits.
Portrait painting.
Portrait photography.
Portraits, British.
Great Britain.
History.
Portraits.
Genre:
Portraits.
Biography.
Biography
History.
Physical Description:xxiv, 602 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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