| Description |
159 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introductory -- / John Orlando Parry A London street scene -- / I. Edward Bird, R.A. Reading of the will concluded -- / 2. Sir David Wilkie, R.A. The letter of introduction -- / 3. William Mulready, R.A. The sonnet -- / 4. William Collins, R.A. Rustic civility -- / 5. John Linnell Last gleam before the storm -- / 6. Francis Danby, A.R.A. Disappointed love -- / 7. Thomas Webster, R.A. A village choir -- / 8. Thomas Webster, R.A. A letter from abroad -- / 9. Sir Edwin Landseer, P.R.A. The old shepher's cheif mourner -- / 10. Richard Redgrave, R.A. The poor teacher -- / 11. Augustus Leopold Egg, R.A. The travelling companions -- / 12. Augustus Leopold Egg, R.A. Past and present: I -- / 13. Augustus Leopold Egg, R.A. Past and present: II -- / 14. Augustus Leopold Egg, R.A. Past and present: III -- / 15. William Powell Frith, R.A. Derby day -- / 16. William Powell Frith, R.A. The road to ruin: I -- / 17. William Powell Frith, R.A. The road to ruin: II -- / 18. William Powell Frith, R.A. The road to ruin: III -- / 19. William Powell Frith, R.A. The road to ruin: IV -- / 20. William Powell Frith, R.A. The road to ruin: V -- / 21. William Powell Frith, R.A. The railway station -- / 22. Ford Madox Brown Work -- / 23. Ford Madox Brown The pretty baa-lambs -- / 24. Ford Madox Brown The last of England -- / 25. William Lindsay Windus Too late -- / 26. George Elgar Hicks / Woman's mission - bad news -- / 27. Henry Alexander Bowler The doubt: 'can these dry bones live?' -- / 28. James Collinson The empty purse -- / 29. Erskine Nicol The emigrants -- / 30. Robert Braithwaite Martineau The last day in the old home -- / 31. Thomas Faed Faults on both side -- / 32. Thomas Faed The poor, the poor man's friend -- / 33. Frederick Daniel Hardy Playing at doctors -- / 34. William Holman Hunt The hireling shepherd -- / 35. Dante Gabriel Rossetti Found -- / 36. George Smith Temptation - a fruit stall -- / 37. Sir John Everett, P.R.A. The blind girl -- / 38. Sir John Everett, P.R.A. Autumn leaves -- / 39. Arthur Hughes The long engagement -- / 40. Arthur Hughes Home from sea -- / 41. Arthur Hughes April love -- / 42. Henrietta Ward The young May queen -- / 43. Philip Hermogenes Calderon, R.A. Broken vows -- / 44. Sir William Quiller Orchardson The first cloud -- / 45. James (Jacques) Joseph Tissot The last evening -- / 46. Sir Edward John Poynter, R.A. Outward bound -- / 47. Arthur Boyd Houghton Punch and Judy -- / 48. Arthur Boyd Houghton Ramsgate sands -- / 49. Sir Luke Fildes, R.A. The doctor -- / 50. Haynes King Jealousy and flirtation -- / 51. William Maw Egley Omnibus life in London -- / 52. Sir George Clausen, R.A. Building the rick -- / 53. Alexander Farmer An anxious hour -- / 54. John Singer Sargent, R.A. Carnation, lily, lily, rose -- / 55. Frank Bramley Hopeless dawn -- / 56. Stanhope Alexander Forbes, R.A. The health of the bride -- / 57. Henry Scott Tuke All hands to the pumps -- / 58. Henry Herbert la Thangue The man with the scythe -- / 59. William Strang Bank Holiday -- / 60. Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A. The burial at sea -- Appendixes -- I. Notes on constume and fashions as shown in the plates / by Ruth M. Green -- II. Select list of books for further reading |
| Summary |
A generation or so ago the word "Victorian" was commonly used in a derogatory sense, especially where art was concerned. Our attitude has changed, however, and we now have an affectionate respect for some aspects of the Victorian age, and in particualr for many of the products of its arts and crafts. Lively and stimulating though much modern art is, it is frequently devoid of straighforward human appeal and for the general public it is merely a more or less tolerable form of decoration of scene or object and, of course, it does not normally attempt to tell a story, which, for many people is still an important function in a picture. In the nineteenth century, the century of the great novels, the individual human being was of paramount importance, and it is no surprising that a great part of popular Victorian painting took the form of narrative pictures. It is not only as stories without words that these pictures hold our attention, however; since they are concerned with the accurate portrayal of customs and everyday incidents as well as of landscape, costumes, furniture, and the minutiae of daily life, they often awaken a lively interest in the beholder, even when their purely artistic value is relatively small. The ancedotal pictures of Victorian life reproduced in this book have been carefully selected by Raymond Lister, who had provided descriptive and critical commentaries on each picture. These pictures have a nostalgic charm that will give a great deal of pleasure. They also serve as interesting social documents and the serious student of art will find the book invaluable. In addition to being a practising artist and craftsman, the author is an experienced connoisseur, collector, and bibliographer and has written a number of books on arts and crafts as well as on collecting. For the benefit of readers specially interested in period costume, an Appendix includes notes on Costumes and Fashions shown in the Plates, by Ruth M. Green. (Inside cover) |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 159 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 159 |
| Subject |
Genre painting -- England -- 19th century.
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Narrative painting, Victorian -- Great Britain.
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Genre painting, Victorian -- Great Britain.
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Narrative painting, Victorian -- England.
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Painting, English -- 19th century.
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Painting, English.
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| LC no. |
66024779 |
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