William Powell Frith : painting the Victorian age /
edited by Mark Bills and Vivien Knight.
- xi, 180 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
"In association with Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate Museums and Arts; Harrogate Borough Council.".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.
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.
William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was the greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth. This book explores Frith's place in the development of Victorian painting through a series of essays which examine how his unconventional private life informed his work, and his relationship with Hogarth and Dickens.
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Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909 Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909 --Pictorial works. Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909 --Criticism and interpretation.