Messages through Ashmolean Portraits

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Vicky McGuinness's bite-sized talk at Ashmolean LiveFriday: Framed

Vicky McGuinness explores the historical contexts and identities communicated by some of the portraits to be found on objects in the Ashmolean Museum's collections, taking a journey from the ancient world of Alexander the Great and his afterlives to Elizabeth I's assertions of royal power and authority.

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TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

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Victoria McGuinness

Keywords

museum; coins; portraits

Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

Date Added: 07/06/2016

Duration: 00:11:11

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