Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.
Contents:
'Happy issue' : births, baptisms and babes-in-arms -- A nation's sons : promoting the royal youth -- 'Joy turned to mourning' : princely deaths, private loss and public grief -- A troubled inheritance : re-negotiating familial imagery -- 'Royal youth's last legacy' : enduring memories and evolving afterlives.
Subject Terms:
Stuart, House of -- Portraits. | Art -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. | Portraits -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Children -- Portraits. | Princes in art. | Children and politics.