Thomas Woolner Letters to John Frederick Lewis, 1863-1914 (bulk 1874-1876).
Physical Description:
.42 linear feet (1 box, 27 items)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0053
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Thomas Woolner was an English sculptor, poet, and one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Born in 1825 in Suffolk, Woolner began his study of sculpture under William Behnes (1795-1864), exhibited his first works as a teenager, and soon formed bonds with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and others members of the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1852, after some professional difficulty--most significantly, failing to win the competition for a national monument to Wordsworth--Woolner left England to prospect for gold in Australia. He soon returned to sculpting, however, and then to England, where he resumed his work with a portrait medallion of Tennyson and, most importantly, a sculpture of Francis Bacon at Oxford. The latter led to a series of commissions and to increased artistic prominence: Woolner soon bought the home where he would spend the remainder of his life and married Alice Gertrude Waugh, with whom he would have six children. Public statues and memorials continued to form the basis of Woolner's recognition, though he produced some church memorials, as well as several volumes of poetry. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1871 and would later become a professor, though he never lectured and acquired a reputation for irritability. He died on 7 October 1892.
Subject Terms:
Aitken, Charles, 1869–1936 -- Correspondence. | Armstead, Henry Hugh, 1828–1905. | Boxall, William, Sir, 1800–1879. | Butler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Southerden Thompson), 1846–1933. Roll call. | Cook, James, 1728–1779. | Dobson, W. C. T. (William Charles Thomas), 1817–1898. | Eyre, Vincent, Sir, 1811–1881. | Foley, John Henry, 1818–1874. | Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788. | Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824–1904. | Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800–1889. | Hewitt, D. -- Correspondence. | Horton, Joseph, -1927. | Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1830–1895. | Jehanghier, Cowasjee Readymoney, 1812–1878. | Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876 -- Correspondence. | Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876 -- Health. | Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876. Harem. | Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876. In the Bey's Garden. | Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876. Lion & lioness. | Lewis, Marian, approximately 1826–1906 -- Correspondence. | Liddon, H. P. (Henry Parry), 1829–1890. | Patteson, John Coleridge, 1827–1871. | Pope, G. (Gustave) | Quain, Richard, 1816–1898. | Quilter, Cuthbert, Sir, 1841–1911. | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811–1863. | Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. Van goyen, looking out for a subject. | Vokins, William, 1815–1895 -- Correspondence. | Woolner, Alice, 1845–1912 -- Correspondence. | Woolner, Amy -- Correspondence. | Woolner, Thomas, 1825–1892 -- Correspondence. | Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. | Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) | Salon (Exhibition : Paris, France) | Society of Antiquaries of London. | St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England) | Tate Gallery. | Art -- France -- Paris -- Exhibitions. | Orientalism. | Painters -- Great Britain. | Painting -- Great Britain. | Painting -- Prices. | Photography. | Sculptors -- Great Britain. | Sculpture -- Great Britain. | Egypt -- Antiquities. | Hayes (Bromley, London, England)
Form/Genre:
Correspondence.
Contributors:
Aitken, Charles, 1869–1936. | Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876. | Lewis, Marian, approximately 1826–1906. | Woolner, Alice, 1845–1912. | Woolner, Amy.