Tag Archives: William Powell Frith

In search of the ubiquitous anecdote for the rank and file

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dave

To categorize pictures of the Salon type, whether by any subject or criteria, one could belabor each of the many types- the noble peasant, the Oriental, the jolly peasant, melancholy old ladies, religious pictures, the allegories- but in the end … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andrew Graham Dixon, Charles Baudelaire, Eduard Charlemont, Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Jean Leon Gerome, Joseph J. Rishel, Sir Edwin Landseer, Theophile Gautier, W.P. Frith, William Dyce, William Powell Frith | 1 Comment

SCHOOLBOY IN VICARIOUS DISGRACE

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Dave

”His brief stint at the Blacking Factory haunted him all of his life — he spoke of it only to his wife and to his closest friend, John Forster — but the dark secret became a source both of creative … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Abraham Solomon, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Childhood, Charles Dickens John Forster, Dickens Bob Fagin, Dickens David Copperfield, Dickens Great Expectations, Dickens James Lamert, Dickens Marshalea Prison, Dickens Pickwick papers, Elizabeth Dickens, Fanny Dickens, G.F. Watts, George Edgar Hicks, George Frederick Watts, James Lamert, Jeremy Paxman, John Dickens, John Forster, lawrence Alma-Tadema, Luke Fildes, Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud, Susan L. Reviere, Warren's Blacking Factory, William Holman Hunt, William Powell Frith | Leave a comment

EXQUISITE SECRET SUFFERING

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Dave

The youth of Charles Dickens was usually spent alone, and he was constantly unhappy. The financial failings of his father, who wound up in debtor’s prison forced Charles to work, at the age of twelve, in a shoe blacking factory. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Andrew Graham Dixon, Brian Sewell, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Childhood, Dickens Old Curiosity Shop, Dickens Pickwick papers, Jeremy Paxman, John Dickens, Victorian Art, William Powell Frith | Leave a comment

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Dave

Although Dickens based William Dorrit as well as Mr. Micawber, on some of the superficial mannerisms and idiosyncrasies of his father, the fundamental humiliation of Dorrit, his shame and fears , helplessness and concealments, are in all likelihood Dicken’s own. … Continue reading →