William Powell Frith

1819–1909

William Powell Frith, ‘The Derby Day’ 1856–8
The Derby Day 1856–8
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  • William Powell Frith, ‘The Derby Day’ 1856–8

    Art Term

    Narrative

    Narrative art is art that tells a story
  • William Powell Frith, ‘Dolly Varden’ c.1842–9

    Art Term

    The Clique

    The Clique was an informal society formed in around 1837 by a group of friends while they were students at …
  • Augustus Leopold Egg, ‘Past and Present, No. 1’ 1858

    Art Term

    Social realism

    Refers to any realist painting that also carries a clearly discernible social or political comment
  • A 150 year-old primed canvas which has never been painted displays all the basic deterioration characteristics of a finished painting on a stretched canvas

    Tate Papers

    Paintings on Canvas: Lining and Alternatives

    Stephen Hackney

    This paper catalogues major changes in attitude during the last thirty years to conservation practice for the treatment of degraded …

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