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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Costume portraiture and the presentation of the individual have been intimately linked throughout the history of art While the face of the person portrayed is often still directly accessible to us the details and significance of their dress can be less easy to comprehend illustrated throughout with paintings drawings photographs and other works of art this beautiful publication is centred around 190 examples from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection. Through these images the authors explore the purpose and original context of the dress in which the sitter was recorded the damasks satins velvets and furs of Tudor and Stuart magnificence that adorn Queen Elizabeth I and Charles but also the simple cottons linens and woollen cloth worn by Mary Wollstonecraft John Constable and John Clare. With photographs that provide additional insights into the clothes worn by sitters in their portraits and complemented by fabric designs jewellery and details this authoritative guide looks in depth at one of the most fascinating aspects of many well known images of the last 600 years. (MP)