We regularly reference the Pre Raphaelites in our blogs, William Morris himself being a part of the second wave of the movement. We wanted to...
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) had a difficult childhood, as a result of his parents’ financial problems. Dickens saw many different aspects of the society he grew...
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Henry James
Henry James (1843-1916) visited Britain in 1869 and met many leading cultural figures of the era such as Charles Darwin, John Ruskin, William Morris,...
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Richard “Dickie” Doyle,Victorian illustrator
Richard “Dickie” Doyle (1824-83) was a prolific Victorian illustrator. Doyle famously illustrated many children books. Doyle illustrated works for Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray and...
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John Leech (1817 –1864)
John Flaxman, the eminent neoclassical sculptor, encouraged John Leech’s parents to arrange for art lessons for Leech as a boy, as he saw artistic promise...
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