Soho in the 1950s and 1960s
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The National Portrait Gallery's "Character Sketches" series provides biographical sketches of a specific group of historical figures from the Gallery's collection of portraits. Each volume examines the public images and private faces, the characters and relationships that gave each group its identity and importance. Introductions to each volume give a comprehensive account of the lives featured from a critical perspective. Journals, letters, diaries, anecdotes, poems and novels are all used to create portraits in words as well as images. This issue focuses on Soho in the 1950s and 1960s.
Author: Jonathan Fryer
Format: Hardback, 64 pages, 125mm x 172mm, 165 g
Published: 1998, National Portrait Gallery Publications, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: General
Description
The National Portrait Gallery's "Character Sketches" series provides biographical sketches of a specific group of historical figures from the Gallery's collection of portraits. Each volume examines the public images and private faces, the characters and relationships that gave each group its identity and importance. Introductions to each volume give a comprehensive account of the lives featured from a critical perspective. Journals, letters, diaries, anecdotes, poems and novels are all used to create portraits in words as well as images. This issue focuses on Soho in the 1950s and 1960s.
Soho in the 1950s and 1960s