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William Henry Hunt
Taking its lead from William Henry Hunt's watercolour The Head Gardener in The Courtauld Gallery's permanent collection, this focused exhibition is the first to investigate Hunt's striking depictions of rural figures in the 182.os and 183os. Consisting of twenty watercolours selected from collections across the UK, William Henry Hunt : Country People brings together a caste of country folk in their working or living environments, from farmers and millers to estate gardeners, poachers and gamekeepers. The representation of these rural figures, treated with dignity and respect, raises important questions about the changing conditions of rural labour and the land during Hunt's lifetime. Celebrated especially for his beautiful depictions of birds' nests and other still lifes, this exhibition sheds light on a little-known aspect of one of the most admired British watercolourists of the nineteenth century.
Trial of Henry Hunt and Others
On a fine August day in 1819, several groups of reformers from various Lancastrian industrial towns marched towards St Peter's Field, Manchester, to petition for parliamentary reform and suffrage. It was a colourful display of solidarity, with those gathered proudly holding aloft banners proclaiming their political message. Many in the crowded meeting space eagerly awaited the arrival of the famous political orator, Henry Hunt, who had travelled north to chair this meeting of 60,000 people. As he arrived, the crowd cheered heartily; Hunt bowed to them, and waved his trademark white top hat. After about ten minutes, the Manchester Yeomanry approached the hustings. They had been sent by the on...
Parallel Worlds
When William Henry Hunt married Ida Alexander Gibbs in the spring of 1904, their wedding was a dazzling Washington social event that joined an Oberlin-educated diplomat's daughter and a Wall Street veteran who could trace his lineage to Jamestown. Their union took place in a world of refinement and privilege, but both William and Ida had mixed-race backgrounds, and their country therefore placed severe restrictions on their lives because at that time, "one drop of colored blood" classified anyone as a Negro. This "stain" of melanin pushed the couple's achievements to the margins of American society. Nonetheless, as William followed a career in the foreign service, Ida (whose grandfather was ...
Romanticism and Caricature
A lively, richly illustrated study of iconic caricatures, showing the interrelationship between art, satire and politics in the Romantic period.
Princes of Victorian Bohemia
This intimate picture of nineteenth-century artistic London is the first devoted exclusively to Wynfield's photography, and illustrates his unique contribution to the art.
William Holman Hunt
This is a fundamental reassessment of the work of William Holman Hunt, and the first critical text to reproduce his pictures in color and set him on an international stage. Lavishly illustrated and engagingly written, this book answers the longstanding lack of any monograph on Hunt and will make compelling reading for undergraduate and graduate students of History of Art, Victorian Studies, English Literature and Religious Studies, as well as curators, conservators and the artist's many admirers.
