May 24, 2012

National Portrait Gallery: The First Actresses – Fashion For Lunch

National Portrait Gallery: The First Actresses – Fashion For Lunch

National Portrait Gallery: The First Actresses
Fashion For Lunch
Portraiture acted as an early media (along with the advent of cheaper printing press) to disseminate images of the actresses, and with them conceptions of both the female role and current fashion trends as they stood then. Ahem. Sound familiar?

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