About the Author

Desmond Shawe-Taylor is Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures and oversees nearly ten thousand paintings and miniatures in the Royal Collection.

Reviews

"An outstanding resource for scholars teaching the eighteenth century and researching social, cultural, economic, and artistic change. It is beautifully illustrated--opening with genealogical tables and maps of Europe and Hanover--and both literally and academically weighty. The volume will have a wide impact as it takes readers from the 'first Georges' and their palaces down to the guns wielded and trade cards exchanged by their subjects."-- "Economic History Review" (4/7/2015 12:00:00 AM)