BETWEEN WORLDS: VOYAGERS TO BRITAIN, 1700-1850; JOCELYN HACFORTH-JONES...ET AL.
Publisher: NATL PORTRAIT GALLERY; National Portrait Gallery
Published: 2007
Place of publication: LONDON
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 120
Description: From the 17th century, non-European visitors to England caused widespread frissons of excitement, interest and curiosity in social circles across the capital. This book examines the complexities and ambiguities of encounters between these visitors and their British contemporaries over 150 years.