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Author:

Tite, Catherine, 1975-

Title:

Portraiture, dynasty and power : art patronage in Hanoverian Britain, 1714-1759 / Catherine Tite.

Publisher:

Cambria Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvi, 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Portraits.
Great Britain--Art patronage--Art patronage
Hanover, House of--Portraits.
Hanover, House of--Art patronage.
Portraits, British--18th century.
Art--History--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Portraiture, space and concepts of the dynastic family -- Sociable collecting : Caroline of Ansbach, gregarious consort and erudite connoisseur -- Hanoverian courtly patronage in mid-eighteenth -century Britain -- Alternative court culture : the artistic patronage of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Augusta, Princess of Wales -- Artistic patronage and dynastic alliances : Britain and Hesse Cassel -- The royal image and the British country house.

ISBN:

1604976780 (alk. paper)
9781604976786 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)498418112

LCCN:

2010000556

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)