num_pages: 220
description: The first monograph study of gender in a major museum, History's Beauties engages themes of gender, national identity, class cultures, and aesthetics in Victorian England to interpret the National Portrait Gallery's fascinating collection.
language: English
title: History's Beauties: Women And the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900
titlecomplete: History's Beauties: Women And the National Portrait Gallery, 1856-1900 (British Art and Visual Culture Since 1750, New Readings)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Routledge