Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, by M. A. Titmarsh (W. M. Thackeray)

Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, by M. A. Titmarsh (W. M. Thackeray)
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-05-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780371932780

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Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo

Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781512097078

"Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo" from William Makepeace Thackeray. English novelist of the 19th century (1811-1863).

Julia Margaret Cameron’s ‘fancy subjects’

Julia Margaret Cameron’s ‘fancy subjects’
Author: Jeffrey Rosen
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2016-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1784997900

Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017. The Victorians admired Julia Margaret Cameron for her evocative photographic portraits of eminent men like Tennyson, Carlyle and Darwin. However, Cameron also made numerous photographs that she called 'Fancy subjects', depicting scenes from literature, personifications from classical mythology, and Biblical parables from the Old and New Testament. This book is the first comprehensive study of these works, examining Cameron's use of historical allegories and popular iconography to embed moral, intellectual and political narratives in her photographs. A work of cultural history as much as art history, this book examines cartoons from Punch and line drawings from the Illustrated London News, cabinet photographs and autotype prints, textiles and wall paper, book illustrations and lithographs from period folios, all as a way to contextualise the allegorical subjects that Cameron represented, revealing connections between her 'Fancy subjects' and popular debates about such topics as Biblical interpretation, democratic government and colonial expansion.

Charles Waterton

Charles Waterton
Author: Brian W. Edginton
Publisher: James Clarke & Co.
Total Pages: 290
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780718829247

Charles Waterton (1782-1865) n a true English eccentric, ironically self-styled 'the most commonplace of men'. He talked to insects, fought with snakes, rode an alligator and lived like a monk. He was made famous in his own lifetime by publication of hiswide-ranging travels and natural history observations - always fun, often perceptive, and unfailingly individual. One of his more notable contributions to science was the introduction into Europe of curare, now an invaluable drug in surgical operations. He turned his family estate into an extensive nature reserve; long before such things were heard of, and threw open his gates to the local populace as long as they understood that birds and animals had security of tenure. Waterton wrote three volumes of Essays on Natural History and the best-selling Wanderings in South America, which has never been out of print since the first publication in 1825. He was a fearsome satirist and pamphleteer, attacking prominent figures of his day both with his powerful penand with his taxidermy skills. His simple charm made a mockery of all those enemies who tried to capitalise on his human failings. Unlike previous biographies, this book is an unabashed celebration of his eccentricity, a fond salute to a fine old Englishgentleman. In the centenary year of the Canadian national park which is named after him, the life of Charles Waterton should encourage the preservation of what remains of his kind of world, and remind us of what the world has lost to insensitivity and greed.