Dr Tarnya Cooper is the Curation and Conservation Director at the National Trust. She is an expert on Tudor and Jacobean portraiture, and was formerly Curatorial Director at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has previously taught art history at University College London, has published numerous books on art history, and curated exhibitions on portraiture, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, European topography, and Renaissance and Baroque drawing practices. The research for this book has been carried out by curators and specialist researchers across the National Trust.

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• Foreword by Hilary McGrady, the National Trust’s Director-General • Introduction by Tarnya Cooper • 125 TREASURES • National Trust timeline • Gazetteer of featured properties • Index • Acknowledgements • Picture credits

Dr Tarnya Cooper is the Curation and Conservation Director at the National Trust. She is an expert on Tudor and Jacobean portraiture, and was formerly Curatorial Director at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has previously taught art history at University College London, has published numerous books on art history, and curated exhibitions on portraiture, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, European topography, and Renaissance and Baroque drawing practices. The research for this book has been carried out by curators and specialist researchers across the National Trust.

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• Foreword by Hilary McGrady, the National Trust’s Director-General • Introduction by Tarnya Cooper • 125 TREASURES • National Trust timeline • Gazetteer of featured properties • Index • Acknowledgements • Picture credits

Dr Tarnya Cooper is the Curation and Conservation Director at the National Trust. She is an expert on Tudor and Jacobean portraiture, and was formerly Curatorial Director at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has previously taught art history at University College London, has published numerous books on art history, and curated exhibitions on portraiture, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, European topography, and Renaissance and Baroque drawing practices. The research for this book has been carried out by curators and specialist researchers across the National Trust.

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• Foreword by Hilary McGrady, the National Trust’s Director-General • Introduction by Tarnya Cooper • 125 TREASURES • National Trust timeline • Gazetteer of featured properties • Index • Acknowledgements • Picture credits