Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 1


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Excerpt from Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. 1: A-C Royal personages are in all cases entered under their Christian names. When two or more persons, not being peers or peeresses, bear the same surname, they are catalogued in the alphabetical order of their Christian names. Peers and peeresses are placed under their titles, the ladies following their husbands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875


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Covering the period between the late 16th century through to the third quarter of the 19th century, this book features paintings by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish artists which are part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.




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Theatrical Costume, Masks, Make-Up and Wigs


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This is the first bibliography in its field, based on first-hand collations of the actual articles. International in scope, it includes publications found in public theatre libraries and archives of Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Florence, London, Milan, New York and Paris amongst others. Over 3500 detailed entries on separately published sources such as books, sales and exhibition catalogues and pamphlets provide an indispensible guide for theatre students, practitioners and historians. Indices cover designers, productions, actors and performers. The iconography provides an indexed record of over 6000 printed plates of performers in role, illustrating performance costume from the 18th to 20th century.