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My Autobiography and Reminiscences

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 13.8 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm

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For art enthusiasts and history lovers alike

Offers insights into the Victorian art world and culture

You will gain a deeper appreciation for art and its history

Explore the vibrant life of Victorian painter William Powell Frith through his captivating autobiography.

The celebrated Victorian narrative painter William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was a born raconteur. His two-volume autobiography of 1887 ran to three editions in the same year. The third edition is reissued here, together with its supplementary volume of 1888. Frith was an ideal commentator on his age. He never lost his early interest in literary and historical subjects, and moved in the highest artistic and literary circles. Yet he also saw himself as a man of the people. His most famous works were his 'modern-life' panoramas, Ramsgate Sands (1854), Derby Day (1858) and The Railway Station (1862). Discussing such projects, he reflects on everything from costume to portraiture, art dealers to female artists, and even picture frames. In Volume, 2 Frith discusses his Hogarthian subjects, 'Dickens and his Beard' (the story behind the famous portrait), and his last great crowd scene, A Private View at the Royal Academy (1883).

  • Title

    My Autobiography and Reminiscences

  • Author

    William Powell Frith

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2012

  • Weight

    464g

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108051828

  • ISBN-10

    1108051820

  • Eden Code

    5031888

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