Picturing Imperial Power
Subtitle: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780822323389
Subjects: Colonization & independence; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain; Colonies; Art & Art Instruction; Subjects & Themes - General; Art; United Kingdom, Great Britain; In art; European; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Criticism; Political Process - Leadership; 18th century; Painting, British; Themes, motives
First sentence: Several eighteenth-century portraits and conversation pieces contain the figure of the black servant.