Yale Center for British Art

Title:
William Powell Frith : the people's painter / edited by Richard Green and Jane Sellars.
Published / Created:
London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2019.
Physical Description:
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'William Powell Frith: the People's Painter' at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 15 June-29 September 2019."
Contents:
Lenders -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Frith's Critical Fortune / Richard Green -- Frith, Family Life and Friends: -- Frith's Yorkshire Connections / Richard Green -- In Frith's Studio -- The Painter of Modern Life: -- Victorians at Leisure: Ramsgates Sands / Caroline Arscott -- Frith's Derby Day / Mark Bills -- The Painter of Modern Life: London: -- 'Frith's Grand Picture of the Railway Station Nightly Realized': the People's Painter in the People's Theatre / Robert Whelan -- Private Views: William Powell Frith, Harry Furniss and Oscar Wilde / Anne Anderson -- Frith and Writers, Past and Present: -- Admiration and Sensation: William Powell Frith and Mary Elizbeth Braddon / Jane Sellars -- Frith and Literature -- Frith's 'Olden Time': -- Friths Construction of an English Rural Idyll in the 'Olden Time' / Alex Werner -- From Pictures to Print: -- Art for All: Frith and the Print Trade, 1840-1890 / Donato Esposito.
Subject Terms:
Frith, William Powell, 1819–1909. | Frith, William Powell, 1819–1909 -- Exhibitions. | Frith, William Powell, 1819–1909.
Contributors:
Green, Richard, M.A., editor. | Sellars, Jane, editor. | Frith, William Powell, 1819–1909. Paintings. Selections. | Mercer Art Gallery, host institution.