{"product_id":"sir-portrait-thirty-portraits-of-roy-strong-booksalert","title":"Sir Portrait: Thirty Portraits of Roy Strong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eHow does the former Director of the nation's greatest collection of portraits celebrate his 80th birthday?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e The distinguished photographer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJohn Swannell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eRoy Strong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e have devised a series of thirty portraits that transport Roy through time, inventing and reinventing him as an array of historical characters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/searchworks.stanford.edu\/articles\/edshlc__edshlc.014562132.4\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/find.library.duke.edu\/catalog\/DUKE006573124\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.brownsbfs.co.uk\/Product\/Strong-Sir-Roy\/Sir-Portrait\/9780711237414\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. With a sharp eye for period style and dress, and flashes of a tongue-in-cheek wit, Roy and John spent five years on a project in which he takes on the characters of Henry VIII, Toulouse Lautrec, Rasputin, President Lincoln, and many more \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/searchworks.stanford.edu\/articles\/edshlc__edshlc.014562132.4\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9780711237414\/Sir-Portrait-Portraits-Roy-Strong-9780711236\/plp#1\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. The results, together with Roy's diary relating the stories behind the sittings, make a remarkable photographic essay of a man rightly dubbed \"Sir Portrait\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rbkc.gov.uk\/client\/en_GB\/rbkc\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1214740\/one?qu=Photography+%26+photographs\u0026amp;qf=AUTHOR%09Author%09Strong%2C+Roy%2C+author.%09Strong%2C+Roy%2C+author.\u0026amp;qf=SUBJECT%09Subject%09Portrait+photography.%09Portrait+photography.\u0026amp;isd=true\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOKS ALERT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48912213311737,"sku":null,"price":3050.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/5834\/2393\/files\/Sir_Portrait_Thirty_Portraits_of_Roy_Strong.webp?v=1787932250","url":"https:\/\/www.booksalert.pk\/products\/sir-portrait-thirty-portraits-of-roy-strong-booksalert","provider":"BOOKS ALERT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}