William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was the greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth. His panoramas of nineteenth-century life broke new ground in their depiction of the diverse London
Although he is well known for his literary contributions, the connection between Charles Dickens (1812-1870) and art has been largely neglected. A remarkably visual writer, Dickens grew out of a tradi
Widely regarded as a genius and as the greatest painter of the Victorian age, George Frederic Watts (1817?1904) was a ceaseless experimenter throughout his seventy-year career. He was not only the fin
