Appropriating Identity: William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, and Britain’s Myth of the Self-Made Man
Britain’s self-made man was defined by taste, money, influence, and most importantly, middle-class rank in the early decades of the Industrial Revolution. During the mid-1700s, a change began to take place between the social classes, stripping the aristocracy of their role as Britain’s foremost conn...
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University of Edinburgh
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Forum |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/forum/article/view/659 |