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    • Portraits / PortraiturePortraits / Portraiture. Portraiture is a very old art form going back at least to ancient Egypt, where it flourished from about 5,000 years ago. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone. But portraits have always been more than just a record. They have been used to show the power, importance, virtue, beauty, wealth, taste, learning or other qualities of the sitter. Portraits have almost always been flattering, and painters who refused to flatter, such as William Hogarth, tended to find their work rejected. A notable exception was Francisco Goya in his apparently bluntly truthful portraits of the Spanish royal family. Reference: The Tate
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      • Cabaret StarsCabaret Stars. This category has information, history and price guides to antique and vintage photographs and prints showing cabaret stars. Cabarets had appeared in Paris by at least the late fifteenth century. They were distinguished from taverns because they served food as well as wine, the table was covered with a cloth, and the price was charged by the plate, not the mug. They were not particularly associated with entertainment even if musicians sometimes performed in both. Early on, cabarets were considered better than taverns; by the end of the sixteenth century, they were the preferred place to dine out. In the seventeenth century, a clearer distinction emerged when taverns were limited to selling wine, and later to serving roast meats. Cabarets were frequently used as meeting places for writers, actors, friends and artists. Writers such as La Fontaine, Moliere and Jean Racine were known to frequent a cabaret called the Mouton Blanc on rue du Vieux-Colombier, and later the Croix de Lorraine on the modern rue Bourg-Tibourg. In 1773 French poets, painters, musicians and writers began to meet in a cabaret called Le Caveau on rue de Buci, where they composed and sang songs. The Caveau continued until 1816,…
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Head and torso portrait of Charles II
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Charles II

Charles II. The eldest son of Charles I, he reacted bravely to the outbreak of civil war in 1642; first saw service aged twelve and when advised to retreat cried…
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Oliver Cromwell by Pierre Aubrey
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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was a country gentleman who became a soldier, statesman and finally Lord Protector of Great Britain. As MP for Huntingdon and then Cambridge, he was an outspoken critic…
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After Sir Anthony van Dyck, late 17th Century Portrait of King Charles I
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Charles I

Charles I. The younger, surviving son of James I and Anne of Denmark, Charles became heir to the throne on the death of his brother Henry in 1612. Charles inherited…
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Portrait of James I
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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and…
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CECIL BEATON - Queen Elizabeth II
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Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Elizabeth became heir to the throne in 1936 on the accession of her father George VI. She married Philip Mountbatten in 1947 and their first children,…
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Dorothy Wilding Portrait
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Dorothy Wilding

Alfred Ellis was an English photographer. He had a studio on Baker Street, London from 1884 until 1898. He was a member of the Photographic Society
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Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962) Princess Margaret in a Pink Bonnet
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Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, CI, GCVO, GCStJ, CD (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and…
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MARIE OF ROMANIA SIGNED PORTRAIT
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Bertram Park

Bertram Park. Bertram Charles Percival Park OBE (1883–1972) was a portrait photographer whose work included British and European royalty. Engravings of his photographs were widely used on British and British…
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George VI Photographed by Walter Stoneman
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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936…
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Monseigneur le Dauphin de France
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Louis Dauphin de France

Louis, Dauphin of France (4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska.…
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Portrait of Marie-Josephe de Saxe
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Marie-Josèphe de Saxe

Marie-Josèphe de Saxe (Maria Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria; 4 November 1731 – 13 March 1767) was a Dauphine of France from the age of fifteen through her marriage to…
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FRANCOIS BOUCHER (PARIS 1703-1770) AND WORKSHOP Woman in a park turned to the right, formerly known as 'Madame de Pompadour'
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Madame de Pompadour

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour, 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764, commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official…
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