Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre 1768-1820 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art): Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theater, 1768-1820

by Gill Perry (Author), Gill Perry (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2007

  $44.71

  During the Georgian period there was a remarkable proliferation of seductive visual imagery and written accounts of female performers. Focusing on the close relationship between the dramatic and visual arts at this time, this book explores popular ideas of the actress as coquette, 'whore', celebrity, muse, and creative agent.