Beauty and the Bank Note

Beauty and the Bank Note

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Images of women have appeared on paper money for almost 200 years; chosen to convey messages appropriate to their time and place. The ways in which female figures on mass-produced objects reflect and reinforce our perceptions of women and their place in society, is explored in this title.

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Beauty and the Bank Note by Vh Hewitt

From cool allegory to haughty beauty, images of women have appeared on paper money across the world for almost 200 years. These images are carefully chosen to convey messages appropriate to a particular time and place. Proud Britannias and crowned monarchs, glamour girls and cotton-pickers have all been summoned to proclaim the wealth of a bank, the power of a state or the glory of a nation. The ways in which female figures on mass-produced objects both reflect and reinforce our conflicting perceptions of women and their place in society, is explored in this title. Virginia Hewitt is also co-author of As Good as Gold: 300 Years of British Bank Note Design.
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ISBN 13 9780714108773
ISBN 10 0714108774
Title Beauty and the Bank Note
Author Vh Hewitt
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher British Museum Press
Year published 1994-05-16
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.