Tag: British

William Bell Scott

(1811–1890) The artist’s works: Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower c.1853 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Fair Rosamund in her Bower after 1854 Private collection Algernon Charles Swinburne 1860 Private collection Works: • The Nursery Rhymes of England (as Illustrator) •…

G.K. Chesterton

(1874–1936) Gilbert Keith Chesterton Works: • A Chesterton Calendar (English) • A Miscellany of Men (English) • A Short History of England (English) • Alarms and Discursions (English) • All Things Considered (English) • Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works…

D.H. Lawrence

(1885–1930) David Herbert Lawrence Works: • Aaron’s Rod (English) • Amores: Poems (English) • Bay: A Book of Poems (English) • Birds, Beasts and Flowers (English) • England, My England (English) • Fantasia of the Unconscious (English) • Kangaroo (English)…

William De Morgan

(1839–1917) William Frend De Morgan The artist’s works: Crucifixion 1865 National Museum Wales, Cardiff Charger with Cupid and Pre-Raphaelite Figure c.1885 Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Dish c.1885 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Vase c.1885 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Vase c.1890–1900 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago…

Evelyn De Morgan

(1855–1919) Evelyn De Morgan, née Mary Evelyn Pickering The artist’s works: Cadmus and Harmonia 1877 De Morgan Collection The Angel of Death I 1880 De Morgan Collection The Little Sea Maid 1880–1888 De Morgan Collection Love’s Passing 1883–1884 De Morgan…

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

(1836–1912) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA The artist’s works: Mary Magdalene 1854 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Education of the Children of Clovis 1861 Private collection An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of…

Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland

(1867–1955) Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland née Lady Millicent Fanny St. Clair-Erskine Millicent in Art: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1904 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid   Born October 20 1867 Dysart House (Scotland) Died August 20…

Sir Arthur Evans

(1851–1941) Sir Arthur John Evans, FRS Works: • Anthropology and the Classics (English) Born July 8 1851 Nash Mills (England) Died July 11 1941 Youlbury (England) Occupation Archaeologist Journalist Writer Award Fellow of the Royal Society Title Knight Bachelor (1911)

Sir John Everett Millais

(1829–1896) Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, RA The artist’s works: Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas 1843 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Sketch for The Woodman’s Daughter 1850 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Mariana 1851 Tate Britain, London Ophelia 1851–1852 Tate Britain, London…

Elizabeth Siddal

(1829–1862) Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, Lizzie The artist’s works: Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear c.1856 Tate Britain, London Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Tate Britain, London King Arthur’s Death c.1859–1862 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Lizzie in Art: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852…