Böcker av Tarnya Cooper

This beautifully illustrated book showcases 125 treasures from the collections of the National Trust - one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine art and heritage objects in the world

For much of early modern history, the opportunity to be immortalized in a portrait was explicitly tied to social class: only landed elites and royalty had the money and power to commission such an endeavour. This book examines the patronage and production of portraits in Tudor and Jacobean England.