This book traces the history of portrait-painting, from relatively unknown sitters such as the Mona Lisa and El Greco’s Woman in a Fur Cape, to such rich and important personages as Elizabeth I, Napoleon, and Louis XV. Portraits of children as in Hogarth’s picture of The Graham Children as well as various self-portraits are also covered. In all, this volume provides a record of portraits over the centuries, from Rembrandt to Lady Hamilton; from Martin Luther to Marilyn Monroe.