Portraiture, Biography and Public Histories
(2022)
Journal Article
Jordanova, L. (2022). Portraiture, Biography and Public Histories. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 32, 159-175. https://doi.org/10.1017/s008044012200007x
Portraits and biographies play a central role in engaging non-specialists with the past, and hence invite careful scrutiny. Major enterprises, such as the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Dictionary of National Biography, in both its origi... Read More about Portraiture, Biography and Public Histories.