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This catalogue from the exhibition \u003cem\u003eElizabethan Treasures: Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver \u003c\/em\u003e(2019), will explore what these exquisite images reveal about identity, society and visual culture in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eproduct-description-split\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFormat: \u003cspan\u003e18.5 x 2.5 x 27.2 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePages: 230 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781855147027\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBinding: Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMore about the author:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCatharine MacLeod\u003cspan\u003e is Senior Curator of Seventeenth-Century Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"14 NPG PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45383647101166,"sku":"104997965","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1873\/files\/elizabethan-treasures-front.jpg?v=1720108474"}],"url":"https:\/\/npgshop.org.uk\/ja\/collections\/gallery-books\/biography.oembed","provider":"National Portrait Gallery Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}