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Daniel Maclise
"Maclise (1806-70) was born and brought up in a Scots Presbyterian family in Cork. He went to London in 1827 and the following year entered the Royal Academy Schools of Art. In 1840 he was elected R.A. This new book, by Nancy Weston, surveys Maclise's career and his friendships (notably with Charles Dickens) and his entire oeuvre from early illustrative work to his huge canvases and frescos for the House of Lords, the Royal Gallery etc. His most famous work in an Irish collection is The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, 1854 (National Gallery of Ireland)."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
A Memoir of Daniel Maclise
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Daniel Maclise
Depicting the famous meeting of Wellington and Blucher directly after their joint victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, Maclise's monumental 'cartoon' caused a sensation when it was first shown at the House of Lords in 1859. Everything was evocative to the highest degree: from the vast scale to the magnificent craftsmanship, to the picture's theme, which refuses to glamorise war and affords Waterloo's victims as much attention as its heroes. And although it has rarely been exhibited, this 'cartoon' remains a powerful work of art to this day. In this concise but comprehensive volume Annette Wickham looks in detail at the story of the cartoon's creation and the reaso...
Daniel Maclise, 1806-1870
Published by Crawford Art Gallery and Gandon Editions to coincide with the exhibition of the same name, 23rd October 2008 - 15th February 2009.
