William Powell Frith : painting the Victorian age / edited by Mark Bills and Vivien Knight

Published:: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2006]
Copyright Date:: ©2006
Physical Description:: xi, 180 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Additional Creators:: Bills, Mark, Knight, Vivien, Guildhall Art Gallery, and Mercer Art Gallery

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Contents:

The private life of William Powell Frith / Vivien Knight -- Dickens and Frith / David Trotter -- 'The time which separates character from caricature' Frith and the influence of Hogarth / Mark Bills -- Frith and his followers: painters and illustrators of London life / Mary Cowling -- William Powell Frith's The railway station: classification and the crowd / Caroline Arscott -- The London Society magazine and the influence of William Powell Frith on modern life illustration of the early 1860s -- Alex Werner -- Frith and fashion / Edwina Ehrman -- Frith's women: William Powell Frith and the female model / Jane Sellars -- 'Very efficient as a painter': the painting practice of William Powell Frith / Sally Woodcock -- Frith's frames and the business of frame-making / Victoria Doran.

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ISBN:

9780300121902 (alk. paper)
0300121903 (alk. paper)
0300125186
9780300125184

Note:

"In association with Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate Museums and Arts; Harrogate Borough Council."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.

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