Benjamin Robert Haydon
Benjamin Robert Haydon is one of the most famous historical painters of the Romantic age. Born in Plymouth in 1786 Haydon’s artistic works were based on Biblical and historical themes and featured many ...
Edward Price
A particularly poignant series of letters were sent to the Duke of Sutherland both directly and through his agent Thomas Jackson in December 1848. The letters came from a man named Edward Price and his ...
George Devey (1820-1886)
George Devey is perhaps a less well-known architect when he is considered alongside men like Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). However, Devey was an influential architect of domestic buildings during the ...
John Martin
The personal papers of Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1806-1868), second Duchess of Sutherland, feature a number of letters from the artist John Martin (1789-1854). Throughout the early nineteenth ...
Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860)
Charles Barry is described by M. H. Port as ‘Britain’s leading architect’ of the first half of the nineteenth century.
From an early age Barry exhibited an enthusiasm and aptitude for drawing. Aged ...
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Born in 1769 Thomas Lawrence developed an enthusiasm for art from an early age. His portraits of English and European royalty made him the most fashionable portrait painter of the early nineteenth century. ...