In the Olden Time: Victorians and the British Past (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

by Andrew Sanders (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2013

  $41.61

  Starting with a comparison of Queens Elizabeth I and Victoria, this title examines works by poets and painters, essayists and dramatists, architects and musicians. It explores the literary nature of Victorian history writing, and author reveals the degree to which painters were indebted to written records both fictional and factual.