Picturing Imperial Power
Subtitle: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780822323051
Subjects: Colonization & independence; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; c 1800 to c 1900; European; Colonies And Colonization; Special Subjects In Art; Themes, motives; Art & Art Instruction; Art; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Great Britain; Subjects & Themes - General; Techniques - Painting - Specific Subjects; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Criticism; 18th century; Colonies; In art; Painting, British
First sentence: Several eighteenth-century portraits and conversation pieces contain the figure of the black servant.