A panoply of plastic poses: on Emma Hamilton

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Grand melancholy and class: on Anthony van Dyck

Emerging from the Parisian shadow, Renaissance Lyons comes into its own

The Art of Domestic Life: This well-argued study considers the changing status of women in family portraits

Art history

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Women in art

This book argues that aristocratic collectors were the main cause of the emergence of a French School of painting

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France

18th century 

French monarchy

French art

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John Leigh

A panoply of plastic poses: on Emma Hamilton

Grand melancholy and class: on Anthony van Dyck

Emerging from the Parisian shadow, Renaissance Lyons comes into its own

The Art of Domestic Life: This well-argued study considers the changing status of women in family portraits

This book argues that aristocratic collectors were the main cause of the emergence of a French School of painting