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Author Winn, James Anderson, 1947-2019.

Title Queen Anne : patroness of arts / James Anderson Winn.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : University of Oxford, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A little star -- Hail, welcome prince -- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem -- She reigns without a crown -- Sweet remembrance shall Remain -- Entirely english -- Dominion over the mighty -- What fruits from our divisions spring -- The breath of our nostrils -- To fix a lasting peace on earth -- All a nation could require.
Summary As the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne (1665-1714) received the education thought proper for a princess, reading plays and poetry in English and French while learning dancing, singing, acting, drawing, and instrumental music. As an adult, she played the guitar and the harpsichord, danced regularly, and took a connoisseur's interest in all the arts. In this comprehensive interdisciplinary biography, James Winn tells the story of Anne's life in new breadth and detail, and in unprecedented cultural context. Winn shows how poets, painters, and musicians used the works they made for Anne to send ov.
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Subject Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714 -- Art patronage.
Art patronage.
Great Britain -- History -- Anne, 1702-1714.
Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Queens.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Chronological Term 1702-1714
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Winn, James Anderson, 1947- Queen Anne 9780199372195 (DLC) 2013044384 (OCoLC)862792292
ISBN 9780199372201 (electronic book)
0199372209 (electronic book)
9780199372195
0199372195